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Council tax payers to foot costs of appeals against 'unreasonable' planning decisions by West Lindsey
Monday 10am COUNCIL tax payers in West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) area will have to fork out for poor decisions made by the district council's planning committee.
Kirton Lindsey planning consultancy, Kirton Consulting Ltd has successfully won two planning appeals against decisions made by them – in successive weeks!
The original council decisions were considered so unreasonable the Inspectorate has ordered WLDC to pay back the full costs of both appeals to each of the applicants.
Planning appeals are where the applicant has been concerned about a decision of a council's planning committee and has asked the government's inspectorate to make a final decision.
The first appeal related to an occupancy condition placed on a proposed barn conversion to residential use at Beeches Farm, North Kelsey. The second was against a refusal of a planning application to provide a small swimming pool inside a disused barn at Stud Farm, Westwoods, Sturton by Stow.
When asked about the 'winning double', Kirton company director Ian Hutchison commented: "To win two appeals in successive weeks is good going but to win costs against the council in both instances must be something of a record.
"This does show there is justice in the system and a small local firm can make sound arguments against what were considered in both instances to be very poor decisions by the council".
As reported last week, West Lindsey's planning department is being investigated after allegations of potential fraud and mismanagement and a manager has been suspended.
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