®Planning appeal decision
Grange Farm House, Waltham Road, Barnoldby Le Beck, DN370AR
Planning appeal 6003456 at Grange Farm House, Waltham Road, Barnoldby Le Beck, DN370AR (North East Lincolnshire) was dismissed on 1 June 2026 by Inspector J Symmons, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, particularly with regard to having suitable and sustainable access to services and facilities.
change of use of house to staff accommodation and change of use of an existing outbuilding/stable block to supported living accommodation along with some extensions
- Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- community-institutional
- Inspector
- J Symmons
- Postcode
- DN37 0AR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, particularly with regard to having suitable and sustainable access to services and facilities
What decided it
The appeal site's location in open countryside outside defined development boundaries, combined with its poor accessibility to services and facilities and the resulting high reliance on staff-facilitated car travel, conflicts with Policy 5 of the development plan and the sustainability objectives of the Framework, and this conflict weighs heavily against the modest benefits of the proposal.
The conflict with Policy 5 and unsustainable location weighed heavily against the proposal; the benefits of reuse of previously developed land, modest scale, and shared staffing, together with limited economic benefits and wellbeing considerations, attracted only limited to moderate weight; the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 5 of the North East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2013–2032Policy 3 of the North East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2013–2032
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 117
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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