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Allowed12 December 20253363157

Land Adjacent to Sotby Woods , Sturton Road, Hatton, Lincolnshire , LN95NX

Planning appeal 3363157 at Land Adjacent to Sotby Woods , Sturton Road, Hatton, Lincolnshire , LN95NX (East Lindsey District Council) was allowed on 12 December 2025 by Inspector Baird G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect on heritage assets.

the installation of a temporary ground mounted 49.9MW solar farm with associated infrastructure, construction of vehicular accesses, CCTV cameras on 2.5m high poles, a 15m high communications tower and security fencing to a maximum height of 2.2m

Authority
East Lindsey District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Baird G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect on heritage assets
  • the landscape and visual impact of the proposal

What decided it

The very substantial weight attached to the renewable energy, net zero and energy security benefits of the scheme decisively outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm and moderate landscape/visual harm.

The very substantial weight given to renewable energy/climate change benefits, together with significant weight to biodiversity net gain and moderate weight to economic benefits, clearly and decisively outweighed the time-limited less than substantial harm to the listed Sturton Corner Farmhouse and the moderate landscape/visual harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP Policy SP11LP SP10LP Policy SP 23LP SP27LP Policy SP24
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 202Paragraph 212Paragraph 215Paragraph 187Paragraph 168Paragraph 161

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