®Planning appeal decision
Woodys Top, Buckland Lane, Ruckland, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8RQ
Planning appeal 3373750 at Woodys Top, Buckland Lane, Ruckland, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8RQ (East Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2026 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No 7 is necessary and reasonable with regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the appeal site's access to essential services and facilities.
change of use, conversion of, extension and alterations to former youth hostel to provide a holiday let and upgrade existing vehicular access which is an amendment to that previously approved application reference no. N/111/01387/17 without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref N/111/02038/17, dated 21/12/2017
- Authority
- East Lindsey District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- LN11 8RQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition No 7 is necessary and reasonable with regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the appeal site's access to essential services and facilities
What decided it
The site's isolated location in open countryside with poor accessibility to essential services and facilities means that permanent residential occupation would be unsustainable and conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of housing delivery in a context of housing land supply shortfall.
The significant weight afforded to the harm and development plan conflict arising from the inappropriateness of the location for a dwelling significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of the proposal when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, notwithstanding the housing land supply shortfall of less than 3 years.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategic Policy SP1Strategic Policy SP2Strategic Policy SP22Policy T16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 189
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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