®Planning appeal decision
Land off Damgate, Holbeach, PE12 8PB
Planning appeal 3362446 at Land off Damgate, Holbeach, PE12 8PB (South Holland District Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, having particular regard to the spatial strategy.
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
- Postcode
- PE12 8PB
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 10Policy 2Policy 3Policy 32Policy 4Policy 28
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 61Paragraph 73Paragraph 84Paragraph 187Paragraph 178
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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