New housing in Boston Borough Council
We don't read Boston Borough Council's planning register yet, so reports on fields here rely on national data: Green Belt, flood zones, protected land, farmland quality and how close a field is to a town or village.
It delivered 127% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 127% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 3,638
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 16 | 5 |
| 2025 | 27 | 23 | 2 |
| 2024 | 39 | 30 | 6 |
| 2023 | 41 | 27 | 9 |
| 2022 | 51 | 40 | 6 |
| 2021 | 64 | 50 | 10 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | Land Adj To 78 Puritan Way, Land Off Puritan Way, Boston, PE21 8NW Proposed Residential Development Comprising 142 Affordable Dwellings and Associated Works B/24/0177 | Approved | 29 Apr 2024 |
| 102 | Agricultural Land Adjacent To White House Lane, Fishtoft, Boston, PE21 0BE Construction of 102no. residential dwellings B/24/0121 | Refused | 20 Mar 2024 |
| 66 | Land North Of Middlegate Road East, Frampton, Boston, PE20 1AU Outline Application with some matters (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) reserved for later approval for the consutruction of 66 no. dwellings with formulation of new access B/26/0147 | Decided | 27 Mar 2026 |
| 20 | Land Adj To Millgate Lodge, Asperton Road, Wigtoft, Boston PE20 2PJ Approval of reserved matters (Landscaping and Layout) following outline approval B/21/0405 (Outline Planning Permission for 20 dwellings with Access, Appearance & Scale for consideration and Landscaping & Layout… B/24/0393 | Approved | 27 Sept 2024 |
| 9 | Phase 3 Quadrant Off Wallace Way And Robinson Drive Wyberton Boston PE21 7GA Approval of Reserved Matters (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) following Outline Approval B/14/0165 for Phase 3 consisting of 9 dwellings 01606/26/RES | Decided | 24 Sept 2026 |
| 8 | 31, Langrick Road, Boston, PE21 8HT Permission in principle for demolition of existing dwelling and creation of 8no. new dwellings B/26/0103 | Approved | 5 Mar 2026 |
| 6 | Land South Of Monument Road, Bicker, Boston, PE20 3DJ Permission in principal for the erection of 6no dwellings B/26/0319 | Approved | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 6 | Land Adjacent Harwin, Drury Lane, Bicker, Boston, PE20 3DT Erection of 6no. dwellings and associated works B/24/0470 | Withdrawn | 14 Nov 2024 |
| 4 | Plots 316-318a, Quadrant Phase 7, Off Wallace Way And Wilson Road, Wyberton, Boston, PE21 7FU Erection of 4no dwellings B/26/0337 | Approved | 2 Sept 2026 |
| 4 | 138, West Street, Boston PE21 8RE Change of use from restaurant to form retail on the ground floor and 4no. apartments B/25/0445 | Approved | 13 Nov 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.