®Planning appeal decision
Land North of, Sutton Bridge, Spalding, PE12 9RG
residential development of 123 dwellings (including 34 affordable units), site access and associated external works - re-submission of H18- 0824-20
- Authority
- South Holland District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Jordan A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is in an appropriate location having regard to the impacts of flood risk and whether future occupiers would be safe from the impacts of flooding
- Whether the proposal would be in an appropriate location, having regard to the policies in the local plan which advocate restraint to development in a countryside location
What decided it
The proposal failed the flood risk Sequential Test because an allocated site within the settlement was found to be sequentially preferable to the appeal site.
The limited and largely mitigation-based benefits of the scheme did not outweigh its conflict with Policies 1 and 4 of the development plan and with the Framework's approach to flood risk and countryside restraint.
Plan policies cited: Policy 4, Policy 1
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.