Planning appeal decision
Brackenborough Lawn, Brackenborough, Louth, LN11 0SZ
Planning appeal 3349119 at Brackenborough Lawn, Brackenborough, Louth, LN11 0SZ (East Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 14 March 2025 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the removal of holiday occupancy conditions and imposition of a residential occupancy condition for persons aged over 55 would fall within the scope of Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), having regard to what was originally approved.
outline application (with layout and means of access to be considered) for the erection of a new leisure complex, erection of 137 holiday lodges, construction and formation of new vehicular access, pedestrian walkways, cycling path and parking facilities, erection of bunding up to 3 metres in height with associated landscaping works and detailed application for change of use, extensions and alterations to existing house and outbuildings to provide amenity rooms, storage space, office and shop, without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref N/019/01569/09, dated 14 February 2011
- Authority
- East Lindsey District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Bartlett R
- Postcode
- LN11 0SZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the removal of holiday occupancy conditions and imposition of a residential occupancy condition for persons aged over 55 would fall within the scope of Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), having regard to what was originally approved
What decided it
The proposed removal of holiday occupancy conditions and replacement with an over 55s residential occupancy condition would materially change the scope of the original planning permission and fall outside the scope of Section 73 of the Act.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy T16 in the East Lindsey Local Plan Alteration 1999Policy 13a in the East Midlands Regional Plan 2009
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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