Willow Tree Farm, Brickyard Lane, Sutton on Sea, LN12 2RN

the change of use of land to create 18 no. static caravan pitches and the erection of 1 no. amenity block to provide toilets and shower facilities, construction of internal roads and hardstanding areas, alterations to existing vehicular access and provision of car parking without complying with condition no. 2 previously imposed on planning permission Ref. N/084/00176/13. Summary of Recommendation: Planning permission be refused. Application B-File Ref: APP/D2510/V/20/3262551 Willow Tree Farm, Brickyard Lane, Sutton on Sea, LN12 2RN

Authority: East Lindsey District Council
Appeal type: other · Called In Planning Application
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the Government's policies for meeting the challenge of climate change, flooding and coastal change (the Framework's Chapter 14)
The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the Development Plan for the area
Any other matters the Inspector considers relevant

What decided it

The proposal failed to satisfy Part (b) of the Framework's Exception Test because it had not been demonstrated that the development would be safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere, and FWEPs could not reliably be secured or verified by condition.

Limited weight to economic and tourism benefits and moderate weight to the site's 'only realistic future' were outweighed by the very significant material consideration of conflict with the Framework's Exception Test and the development plan as a whole, resulting in refusal.

Framework references: 56, 165, 167

Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy SP17(4), Policy SP17(1), Policy SP18, Policy SP19, Policy SP19(7), Policy SP19(8), Policy SP20, Policy SP21, Policy SP24, Policy SP26

Judgments cited: R (Hillingdon LBC) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 1005

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