®Planning appeal decision
Land off Damgate, Holbeach, PE12 8PB
residential development comprising 21 dwellings and associated roads and footpaths
- Authority
- South Holland District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, having particular regard to the spatial strategy
- whether the proposal would include an appropriate amount of amenity space and green infrastructure, or include appropriate access to suitable off-site open space
- whether it has been demonstrated that there is a need for the development in this location and that sites at lower risk of flooding are not available, and that development would provide wider sustainability benefits to the community that outweigh the flood risk
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the spatial strategy in LP Policy 1 because the Council can demonstrate sufficient housing land supply and there is no clear evidence of need for development outside the defined settlement boundaries.
The benefits of the proposal (housing provision, economic benefits, biodiversity net gain, and local services support) were outweighed by the conflict with the spatial strategy, the deficiency in amenity space and green infrastructure, and the failure to demonstrate that sites at lower risk of flooding are unavailable.
Framework references: 61, 73, 84, 187, 178
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 10, Policy 2, Policy 3, Policy 32, Policy 4, Policy 28
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.