The Orchards, Blazegate, Gedney , Spalding , PE12 0AD

Planning appeal 3339458 at The Orchards, Blazegate, Gedney , Spalding , PE12 0AD (South Holland District Council) was allowed on 5 July 2024 by Inspector Owen A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development and its occupiers are at unacceptable risk from flooding.

Change of use of agricultural land to provide 5 Gypsy/Traveller family pitches each having a static mobile home, dayroom, parking for a tourer and 2 vehicle spaces together with a treatment plant, the laying of hardstanding and associated ancillary works

Authority: South Holland District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Owen A
Postcode: PE12 0AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development and its occupiers are at unacceptable risk from flooding

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that, due to the slow-rising and tidal nature of any flood event and the availability of Environment Agency flood warnings, occupiers would be able to evacuate before dangerous flood depths were reached, meaning the site was not at unacceptable risk of flooding.

The limited conflict with flood risk policies 4 and 20 was outweighed by the specific circumstances demonstrating occupiers were not at unacceptable risk of flooding, such that the development plan as a whole was accorded with and the appeal was allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 4Policy 20Policy 1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 173

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