®Planning appeal decision
The Old School, Church Lane, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, LN11 7LZ
Planning appeal 3359616 at The Old School, Church Lane, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, LN11 7LZ (East Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Veevers A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether conditions 2 and 3 are reasonable and necessary having regard to local policies relating to the location of development, with particular regard to accessibility to services and facilities.
change of use and alterations to existing building to provide a holiday unit without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref N/036/01362/06, dated 21 July 2006
- Authority
- East Lindsey District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Veevers A
- Postcode
- LN11 7LZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether conditions 2 and 3 are reasonable and necessary having regard to local policies relating to the location of development, with particular regard to accessibility to services and facilities
- The effect of the removal of conditions 2 and 3 on flood risk
What decided it
The combination of the site's unsustainable location outside the developed footprint with poor accessibility to services and facilities, and the unmitigated flood risk in Flood Zone 3a without a site-specific flood risk assessment, both of which conflict with the development plan and Framework policy.
The modest benefit of one additional dwelling and support for local services was outweighed by the harm arising from locating permanent residential development in an unsustainable location with limited accessibility and in a known area of high flood risk without adequate mitigation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1Policy SP4Policy SP16Policy 22Policy S16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 232
- Judgments
- Finney v Welsh Ministers [2019] EWCA Civ 1868; Freddie Reid v SSLUHC & (IP) Newark & Sherwood DC [2022] EWHC 3116 (Admin)
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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