Planning appeal decision
Highcliff Farm, The Cliff, Ingham, Lincoln, LN1 2YQ
Planning appeal 3326876 at Highcliff Farm, The Cliff, Ingham, Lincoln, LN1 2YQ (West Lindsey District Council) was allowed on 23 February 2024 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for storage and distribution use, having regard to the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan (April 2023).
Change of use of agricultural building to B8 (storage and distribution)
- Authority
- West Lindsey District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Bartlett R
- Postcode
- LN1 2YQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for storage and distribution use, having regard to the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan (April 2023)
What decided it
The realistic prospect of the business relocating to another building on the farm site under permitted development rights, which would have comparable locational impacts, afforded significant weight and tipped the planning balance in favour of allowing the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S5Policy S34
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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