An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Boston Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.

Boston Borough Council, raw rate

24.6%

of judged appeals were allowed

Expected for this mix of appeals

26.6%

national rates applied to this caseload

2 percentage points below expected. Boston Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.

123 appeals counted, 118 judged either way (29 allowed, 89 dismissed), 5 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.

By kind of appeal

Boston Borough Council appeal outcomes by appeal type, with the national rate for each type
Appeal type	This council	National	Cases	Judged	Allowed
Planning Appeal	27.4%	28.8%	85	84	23
Enforcement Notice	6.3%	13.5%	20	16	1
Householder (HAS)	33.3%	35.6%	9	9	3

3 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged

Boston Borough Council appeal types with fewer than 5 judged, so no rate
Appeal type	This council	National	Cases	Judged	Allowed
Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice	Too few judged	8.1%	4	4	0
Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal	Too few judged	25%	3	3	1
Lawful Development Certificate	Too few judged	36.9%	2	2	1

How we calculate this

Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.

Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Money behind development in Boston Borough Council

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Affordable housing grant in Boston Borough Council

What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.

Confirmed scheme

Homes

£65,000

Grant requested

Shared ownership1 home

Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.

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