®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of Southdown House, Grayingham Road, Kirton Lindsey, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 4EL
residential development up to 28 dwellings (with means of access to, but not within the site to be considered - all other matters reserved)
- Authority
- North Lincolnshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the proposed development would comply with the development plan
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply, combined with the limited landscape harm and the significant social benefits of housing delivery, meant the adverse impacts were insufficient to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The benefits of housing delivery (28 dwellings with 20% affordable housing) and modest economic benefits outweighed the limited harm to landscape character and the loss of agricultural land, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11 due to the Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11, 49, 57, 74, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy CS2, Policy CS8, Policy CS5, Policy CS9, Policy CS17, Policy CS23, Policy RD2, Policy LC7, Policy LC12, Policy H5, Policy DS1, Policy H10, Policy R2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.