®Planning appeal decision
Poplar Farm, Great Steeping Road, Monksthorpe, SPILSBY, Lincolnshire, PE23 5PP
demolition of existing agricultural building and erection of 3 no dwellings
- Authority
- East Lindsey District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the proposal would be acceptable having regard to flood risk
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal represents a suitable location for residential development, having regard to relevant local and national planning policy
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance caused by the proposal, combined with its unsustainable location and failure to pass the sequential flood risk test, decisively outweighed the limited housing benefit, particularly when the fall-back Class Q conversion scheme would not represent a more harmful development overall.
The small comparative benefits of the appeal proposal in terms of fewer car journeys and biodiversity gain were countered decisively by the adverse effect on character and appearance and unsustainable location, such that the adverse effects significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of providing additional housing, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy SP16, Policy SP3, Policy SP1, Policy SP10, Policy SP8, Policy SP2, Policy SP4
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.