New housing in South Kesteven District Council

We read South Kesteven District Council's planning register every day. We hold 16,973 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 119 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.

It delivered 97% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.

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Key facts

Local Plan: Not recorded yet.
Five-year housing land supply: Not recorded yet.
Housing Delivery Test: 97% (2025)
Local Plan sites we hold: None loaded yet.
Planning applications we hold: 16,973

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	106	35	13
2025	98	60	26
2024	80	56	17
2023	131	83	30
2022	152	102	32
2021	130	91	26

The largest housing schemes of the last three years

Homes	Site	Status	Made
1,100	Land West Of Lincoln Road Market Deeping Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for a mixed-use, phased development comprising up to 1,100 dwellings (Use Class C3); retirement living apartments (Use Class C3); 1FE primary school… S26/0217	At appeal	2 Feb 2026
800	Land South Of Towngate East And West Of Linchfield Road Market Deeping Lincolnshire Scoping Opinion for residential development for the erection of up to 800 dwellings (use class C3), provision of retirement housing, extra care or residential care housing (use class C2/C3) (TBC), and all associated… S26/1664	At appeal	18 Sept 2026
600	Land At Gorse Lane Grantham Lincolnshire Request for a Screening Opinion in relation to a hybrid planning application for the development of approximately 600 homes, a local centre, a gypsy and traveller site, public open space, landscaping, and associated… S26/1518	At appeal	11 Aug 2026
430	Land At Fernwood South Claypole Lane Fernwood Reserved matters application relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 430 dwellings with associated wider infrastructure including SUDs, public open space (inc. play area), sports pitches with changing… S24/1715	At appeal	30 Sept 2024
326	Land To The North Of Mill Drove Bourne Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion for a residential development of up to 326 dwellings. S26/0130	Approved	26 Jan 2026
300	Land At Exeter Fields, Empingham Road, Stamford EIA Screening Request for proposed residential-led development of up to 300 dwellings, a Local Centre, a Care Home (Use Class C2), and a GP Surgery (Use Class E(e)), with associated open space, access and infrastructure S24/0596	Approved	5 Apr 2024
283	Land Fronting Deeping Road Baston Outline planning application for up to 283 residential dwelling houses with all matters reserved (apart from access). S26/0710	At appeal	23 Apr 2026
250	Land North Of Great North Road Stamford Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion for development of up to 250 residential dwellings S25/2106	Approved	30 Oct 2025
240	Phase B & C Towngate East Market Deeping Affordable Housing Scheme (AHS) and the Management Scheme for Phases B and C pursuant to S106 agreement in relation to S16/0112 - 240 dwellings, including vehicular access, pedestrian and cycle links, public open space… S25/0354	Approved	27 Feb 2025
225	Land At Grange Paddock Barrowby Lincolnshire EIA Screening Request for proposed erection up to 225 dwellings with open space, landscaping, drainage and other associated works S25/1890	Approved	7 Oct 2025

Towns and villages

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Where this comes from

Planning applications: South Kesteven District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
How fields are scored: how the score works.