Planning appeal decision
Bridgewood, Fendyke Lane, Firsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5QN
Planning appeal 3359576 at Bridgewood, Fendyke Lane, Firsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5QN (East Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 5 June 2025 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal accords with development plan policies relating to the location of residential development in the area.
for the erection of a single storey affordable residential dwelling
- Authority
- East Lindsey District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hartley S
- Postcode
- PE23 5QJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal accords with development plan policies relating to the location of residential development in the area
- The effect of the proposal upon biodiversity
What decided it
The proposed development would be located in an isolated countryside location contrary to development plan policies directing residential development to named settlements in the hierarchy, and the appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence of local housing need to satisfy the exception in policy SP9.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SP1SP2SP3SP4SP8SP9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 110Paragraph 155
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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