Merkur Slots, 32-33 Hall Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1SG

Planning appeal 6001983 at Merkur Slots, 32-33 Hall Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1SG (South Holland District Council) was dismissed on 12 March 2026 by Inspector Clowes M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that removing condition 3 and varying condition 5 would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance during sensitive night-time hours.

change of use from former E use class to adult gaming centre (sui generis) without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref H16-0789-21 granted on appeal reference APP/A2525/W/21/3285049, dated 12 July 2022

Authority: South Holland District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Clowes M
Postcode: PE11 1SG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that removing condition 3 and varying condition 5 would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance during sensitive night-time hours

What decided it

The limited and short-term noise surveys, potential for unpredictable bursts of activity during the quietest hours, and limited enforceability of management measures mean that 24-hour operation would give rise to noise generating activity harmful to neighbouring residents' living conditions, and the disputed conditions therefore remain reasonable and necessary.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 2 of the South East Lincolnshire Local Plan (SELLP) 2019
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 57

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