Barn at White House Farm, Main Street, Ealand, DN17 4JG

Planning appeal 6009098 at Barn at White House Farm, Main Street, Ealand, DN17 4JG (North Lincolnshire Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2026 by Inspector Richard Gilbert, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use, and amount of development.

Permission in principle for conversion of redundant storage barn into a single dwelling

Authority: North Lincolnshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: Richard Gilbert
Postcode: DN17 4JG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

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

What decided it

The failure to provide a site-specific flood risk assessment required by national policy for development in Flood Zone 3, preventing an informed assessment of the proposal's suitability for residential use in-principle.

The limited benefits of the proposal (modest housing supply contribution and conversion of a vacant building) were substantially outweighed by the substantial adverse effect on future occupiers from unassessed flood risk in Flood Zone 3, such that Policy S4 of the Framework did not fall in favour of permission being granted.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DS16 of the North Lincolnshire Local Plan (2003)Policy DS14 of the North Lincolnshire Local Plan (2003)

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