Land South of Gunby Road, Orby, Skegness, PE24 5HT

permission in principle for up to 9no. dwellings

Authority: East Lindsey
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: PE24 5HT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and the substantial weight attached to the delivery of up to nine dwellings towards the district's significant shortfall outweighed the limited to modest weight given to the conflicts with the development plan and sustainability considerations.

The adverse impacts of conflict with the spatial strategy, loss of openness, and reliance on private vehicles attracted limited to modest weight, while the substantial housing land supply shortfall and the meaningful contribution of up to nine dwellings attracted substantial weight; the benefits outweighed the harms under the Framework as a whole.

Framework references: 11, 83, 110, 135

Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy SP4, Policy SP10, Policy SP22, Policy SP23, Policy SP25

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