®Planning appeal decision
Land off Grimsby Road, Waltham, North East Lincolnshire
Planning appeal 3278465 at Land off Grimsby Road, Waltham, North East Lincolnshire (North East Lincolnshire Council) was dismissed on 7 February 2022 by Inspector Longmuir J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
a residential development of 17 number dwellings
- Authority
- North East Lincolnshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
- Postcode
- DN37 0PT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the intended occupants would be in an accessible location for everyday local services and facilities without car dependency
- whether the proposal would provide affordable housing and make contributions for education provision commensurate with the number of the likely new residents arising from the housing
What decided it
The failure to secure a signed Section 106 agreement to deliver affordable housing and education contributions, combined with the limited but real harm to landscape character, outweighed the housing supply benefits even under the tilted balance.
The benefits of 17 houses and economic contribution to housing supply and local services were significantly outweighed by the limited landscape harm, unmitigated education infrastructure pressure, and failure to secure affordable housing and education contributions, assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 5Policy 22Policy 40Policy 3Policy 4Policy 13Policy 6Policy 18
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 174Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 34Paragraph 8
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.