Chapter 18 - Coastal South Maps

Chapter 18.
Coastal (South) Area
18.1
The coastal area centred on
Skegness has seen considerable growth in
terms of houses built over the past ten
years.
This has been accompanied by
further recent allocations of land for new
housing in the 1990 Alteration No. 1 to
the 1985 Skegness Local Plan and reviews
of the informal Village Plans for Burgh le
Marsh
and
Chapel
St.
Leonards.
Therefore, there is a large stock of as yet
unimplemented housing allocations. The
main reason for growth seems to have
been the attraction to the area of people
of retirement age encouraged by markedly
lower land and property prices compared
to most other parts of the country. Also,
it has long been a favourite place to retire
from the traditional catchment areas of
Skegness as a resort i.e. the East
Midlands and South Yorkshire.
18.2 Generally, the area already has a far
higher allocation of housing land relative
to others in the District and the Council
does not wish to add to this particularly
when the amount of housing land left to
allocate from the Structure Plan figure is
so restricted. Neither does it wish to see
the present District allocation largely
taken up by speculative retirement
housing when the local and wider
community would benefit more from a
structured and balanced growth.
18.3
The Council will not attempt to
revoke existing planning permissions in
the Skegness area but realises that such a
high building rate of the boom period
1987 to 1989 cannot continue annually
through the Plan period. It assumes that
much of the larger areas already allocated
for housing will not be completed by 2001.
Therefore, the Plan introduces a broad
level of phasing on larger sites to allow
other sites to be allocated for housing
elsewhere in the District where the need
is greater and the likelihood of early
development is higher.
18.4
Whilst the Plan recognises and
provides for the dominant holiday role of
the coastal area, the disadvantages of the
seasonal
or
part-time
nature
of
employment in tourism, such as low
wages,
cannot
be
underestimated.
Therefore the Plan also aims to encourage
local job opportunities and additional
community facilities particularly in the
main villages so as to maintain balanced
and sustainable communities.
At the
same time, provision is made in the
smaller villages and other settlements for
a limited amount of housing development
to cater for immediate local needs.
18.5 If services and facilities are to be
provided effectively and economically, it is
important to reinforce a service centre
policy with one of preventing new,
scattered
development.
Dispersed
patterns of development incur higher
distribution costs of services, both public
and private, and can inhibit new
investment and enterprise.
Therefore,
Policy DC1 will need to be applied quite
rigorously in this area.
Skegness (Inset Maps 40, 40.1, 40.2)
18.6 Since the Skegness and Ingoldmells
Local Plan 1985 was first prepared in
1985, many changes at both national and
local level, have occurred in, for example,
holiday
preferences,
attitudes
to
environmental
issues,
population
migration, economic priorities and the role
and function of various agencies (including
Local Planning Authorities).
Some of
these
changes
have
resulted
in
development on the ground such as the
Hildreds Shopping Centre, further spread
of touring caravan sites, expanding
bungalow estates and an extended coastal
SSSI.
Nevertheless,
reconciling
development pressures stemming from
the town's dual role, as the District's
premier holiday resort and one of its two
primary service centres, is a continuing
major issue.
Housing
18.7 Land for housing in Skegness was
recently reviewed in response to the
building boom years of 1987/88 and
resulted in further allocations being made
through Alteration No. 1, adopted in 1990
to the Skegness and Ingoldmells Local
Plan
1985.
Inadequate
drainage
infrastructure in the town was found to be
inhibiting further housing development.
Therefore, a very large area at Beacon
Park was allocated to enable the
necessary major improvement works to be
economically viable.
Alteration No. 1
stated that outline planning permission
would therefore only be granted on the
whole site. However, it is evident from
the cyclical rise and fall in demand and
house building rates, that the whole of this
allocation will not be constructed within
the Plan period.
Therefore, the development brief for the
down
a
phasing
plan.
area
lays
Development will progress in a general
east to west direction to consolidate
existing
development
and
road
infrastructure in particular and to avoid
isolated or ribbon development in the
open countryside. Only Phases 1 and 2
are identified (Site A) on the proposals
inset map as likely to be developed in the
Plan period.
The rest will likely be
developed after 2001, or if necessary,
brought forward only after a review of the
Plan. Detailed permission will be granted
in accordance with the phasing and the
agreed,
co-ordinated
plan
for
the
development of the whole site. Other
Sites (B,C,D and E) are allocated which
largely
represent
existing
planning
permissions.
18.8 For a town of its size and population
structure, Skegness would be expected to
generate demand for a range of housing
types including low cost, family houses or
flats.
However, if large speculative
developments serve only the retirement
market, local needs will not be met.
Therefore, new schemes will be required
to show how the range of local housing
needs can be provided for (Policy H1).
Town Centre
18.9
previousplicies have beeen fairly
successful in regulating the competiung
demands of permanent and holiday uses
in town centre premises. However with a
resident population of nearly 17,000 now
ands
policies
aimed
at
continued
population growth, the town centre is no
longer dependant on the holiday trade to
function as one of the District's two
primary local service centres (although
individual businesses may rely on visitors'
custom). The Local Plan recognises that
both sectors need to evolve further
without imposing further constraints on
the other. Therefore, a separate area has
been allocated for amusement centres
(Policy T5) and holiday facilities and
attractions will be directed to the
foreshore (Policy T4).
18.10
Given the Council's growth
oriented policies, expansion of the town
centre in terms of area, shopping floor
space and range of services, will be
essential.
The Plan proposes several
measures to maintain and enhance the
shopping and service role.
18.11 Within an extended town centre
area, the Plan calls for improved traffic
management
including
an
extended
pedestrian priority scheme along the west
end of High Street. Pedestrian priority
and environmental improvements will
need to be carried out under an agreed
partnership scheme between the County
Council as Highway Authority, the District
Council as Local Planning Authority and
local businesses fronting High Street.
18.12 In addition to protecting the key
shopping frontages (Policy S4), the Plan
identifies opportunities for additional
floorspace. As Skegness is not a historic
centre, there is far greater opportunity for
refurbishment
or
redevelopment
to
provide a variety of additional town centre
services and facilities. Sites J,K and L are
indicated in and adjacent to the town
centre on Inset Maps 40.1 and 40.2.
18.13 More detailed Development Briefs
will be prepared by the Council's Planning
Policy team so that any access difficulties
can be properly resolved and uses coordinated, to be compatible to other Local
Plan Policies. In particular, redevelopment
proposals may be required to contribute to
shoppers car parking provision (Policy
TR6).
18.14 Whilst the population of Skegness
has grown to nearly 17,000 permanent
residents in 1990, unemployment is still
exceptionally high and continues to show
a heavy seasonal bias, being wll over
twice the national average rate in winter.
18.15 Narrow tourism policies would only
serve to maintain dependency on this
employment sector and entrench the
seasonal problem. For this reason, the
Local Plan tourism policies of Chapter 7
look to encourage and protect a very wide
range and type of holiday uses and
support an extended season.
18.16
Development on the industrial
estate has continued steadily but slowly,
despite completion of the new access
road.
Therefore, the Plan aims to
concentrate less on the traditional
'industrial estate' approach and also
allocates land (Site G) for the more
modern concept of a business park (Policy
EMP4). The area is located on a main
approach road to the town and a
Development Brief will be prepared to
encourage and guide potential investors.
A mix of uses will be preferred and may
include light industry, offices, non-food
retail, other commercial/business uses,
research establishments, high tech units,
sport and recreation facilities or hotel, all
within an integrated landscaping scheme.
Tourism
18.17
In allocating areas for major
holiday uses and visitor attractions
(Policies T2 and T7), the Plan recognises
the value of a broad zoning approach
which, not only capitalises on the
established holiday infrastructure, but
also ensures a degree of protection to
local amenities and the environmentally
sensitive Coastal Conservation Areas.
The main new area identified on the
proposals map is to the north of the town
(Policy T7) and is shown on inset maps 40
and 43. However, other areas essential
to protect local amenities and prevent
loss
of
identity
of
neighbouring
settlements through visual coalescence,
will be protected from development under
Policy ENV20. A Development Brief will
be prepared to guide development so that
new roads and other infrastructure,
landscaping and open space can be
properly integrated and co-ordinated.
18.18 Whilst the trend is towards more
holiday accommodation linked with leisure
parks, the Council does not wish to see
the broad base of traditional holiday
accommodation types diminish (Policy
T10). The Plan identifies the established
guest house/bed and breakfast streets
and 'urban' holiday caravan parks (Policies
T9 and T13), as hallmarks of this premier
resort, the loss of which would reduce its
overall
attractiveness
and
economic
vitality.
18.19 The Plan identifies the Skegness
Foreshore as a prime site with unique
opportunity
for
modernisation,
redevelopment or refurbishments. Parts
of the area are under-utilised and have
potential for enhancing the public image
and attractiveness of the resort.
A
comprehensive management plan will be
prepared for the area to ensure that uses
complement the town centre and that
pedestrian and vehicular access and car
parking is properly co-ordinated (Policy
T4).
Car Parking
18.20 Recent surveys of shopper's car
parks show them to be operating close to
capacity at peak times.
Continued
population growth and an expanding town
centre will necessitate increased shopper's
car parking provision. The demands of
holiday or day visitors makes estimating
local need difficult.
A more stringent
approach to visitor/shopper car parking
segregation, by siting, signing and pricing,
is needed to clarify the picture and reduce
congestion.
18.21
Tourist parking which, by its
nature, is long stay will be mainly
concentrated to the peripheral areas of
the Foreshore (Policy T3). Town centre
car parks will be located and managed to
meet the needs of shoppers in particular.
Therefore, public car parking provision will
be an essential feature of the identified
redevelopment site L.
Environment
18.22 As Skegness' urban area continues
to spread, accessibility to recreation and
amenity open space becomes more
important, to help take pressure off the
more environmentally sensitive parts of
the coast and surrounding agricultural
land.
Key urban sites and walks are
therefore protected.
The quality and
landscaping
of
any
development
permitted along the town's main approach
roads
in
particular,
is
additionally
important as these form the 'gateways'
into the town and good first impressions
are essential in attracting both visitors
and investors.
Burgh le Marsh (Inset Map 41)
18.23 Burgh le Marsh's popularity and
rapid development has largely been
determined by the village's proximity to
the coast. The greatest influence on the
village form has been the A158 (former
trunk road) holiday and lorry route which
runs on a tortuous alignment through the
heart of the village. As a result, new
housing has concentrated to the south and
as
extensive
ribbon
development
westward. Consequently, the further out
new development is from the services and
facilities within the village centre, the less
convenient it is for pedestrians, and
pressure for village centre parking is
increased.
18.24 At this stage, the housing land
which has been allocated on Sites A,B,C
and D and that already with planning
permission are considered sufficient to
meet the needs of Burgh until 2001. The
location of further land allocations will be
considered later, possibly at the Plan
review stage, when opportunities offered
by the construction of the bypass can be
more fully assessed.18.25 Provision of a bypass at Burgh le
Marsh is considered a District priority
because:
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•
•
•
The existing route is a severe
constraint on the future development
of the village.The existing route causes conflict
between extraneous traffic and local
shopping and community activities.
Extraneous traffic causes damage to
the fabric of the Conservation Area.90° bends and close-to-road properties
impede the passage of larger, modern
transport haulage vehicles.-
18.26
A route north of the village
presents the better opportunity for
implementation, being shorter and, in the
longer term, possibly able to contribute to
an improved coastal network.
Three
alternative routes, all on the northern side
of Burgh were the subject of a
consultation exercise carried out by
Lincolnshire County Council in November,
1992.18.27 Protection of open space within the
village is also an important issue, given
the
Conservation
Area
status
and
pressure for development (Policy ENV20).
Chapel St. Leonards (Inset Maps 42
and 42.1)
18.28 With a permanent population of
nearly 3,000 people, Chapel is a main
village in its own right. The continued
spread of high density development often
in the form of bungalows, is evidence of
the village's popularity as a retirement
settlement. However, it does play a dual
role in that it is also a coastal resort,
albeit catering for holidays or day trips of
a more quiet nature than Skegness, for
example. A policy of segregation of
holiday and residential uses is considered
appropriate to the village (Policy T2). This
is not only to minimise impact on
residential amenity but also to promote
the concentrationof permanent uses to
allow services to be retained for the needs
of the resident population as distinct from
seasonal or traditional holiday uses, which
constantly adapt to changing tourism
trends.
18.29 The dual role is reflected in the
function of the village centre, where
holiday
facilities
and
amusements
compete with all year round shops for the
most accessible central premises. As a
consequence,
village
shops
have
established outside the village centre such
as along Sea Road and St. Leonards Drive
to serve the housing estates. Therefore a
more self contained area is identified
specifically for amusements (Policy T5)
which will not be allowed elsewhere, to
enable all year round, local services and
facilities to benefit from a central location
and public parking provision.
18.30
The open countryside and the
Coastal Conservation Area abutting the
northern and southern ends of the village
are vulnerable to the effects of new or
intensified development.
Therefore,
encroachment of intensive holiday uses
into the open countryside is not
considered appropriate under Policy DC1.
However, because of the Council's
promotional
tourism
policies
and
increasing demand for touring pitches, the
Council is prepared to make a small
concession in allocating a further site for
touring caravans only on Trunch Lane in
the Coastal Conservation Area as shown
on the inset Map 43.
18.31 There are few obvious employment
opportunities outside the tourism sector.
Therefore only the need for rural
workshops may justify development
(Policy EMP1) of greenfield sites, possibly
on Skegness Road or Hogsthorpe Road
(Sites D and E), depending on the details
of any proposals submitted, which will be
expected
to
contribute
to
the
enhancement of these approaches to the
village.
18.32 The quality of built development
and the "suburban" environment is also
important. Large areas for housing have
been allocated in the past on an
incremental basis to the south of Sea
Road (Site C). Such a large area will
require a Development Brief to enable
properly co-ordinated provision of roads
and access, footpath links and amenity
open space (which compared to modern
expectations is lacking in previous
housing areas).
All amendments or
renewals of planning permission will be
expected to conform to the Development
Brief.
18.33 The car park, amenity open space
and foreshore at Chapel Point presents a
poor image to the visitor and recent
efforts around The Green should be
complemented by further investment in
environmental
improvement
(Policy
ENV14).
Ingoldmells (Inset Maps 43 and 43.1)
18.34 Whilst Ingoldmells has been taken
together with Skegness for the purposes
of the Structure Plan in defining towns in
the District settlement hierarchy, the Local
Plan regards Ingoldmells as a separate
community with its own character and
identity and particular land use and
planning problems and opportunities
(Policy A2).
18.35
Its major role in the tourism
economy is illustrated by the fact that
56% of all coastal holiday caravans are
located within the parish.
Although
holidaymakers
outnumber
permanent
residents by about 40 to 1 at the height of
the season, it is a relatively large village,
with just under 2000 population and with
local services and facilities of sufficient
scale for it to be a main village in its own
right. The rate and type of recent house
building indicates its popularity as a place
of retirement. The Local Plan needs to
provide certainty for local residential
amenities, services and facilities for the
permanent population, whilst also catering
for the ever changing needs and
fluctuating trends in the holiday industry.
The Council considers the best means of
achieving this is by ensuring a degree of
segregation through general area zoning
policies, as shown on the inset map (Policy
T2).
18.36
To protect residential amenities
and all year round services to the village,
holiday facilities and attractions will be
directed, in accordance with Policy T3, to
Ingoldmells Point, Skegness Road (the
former A52) and Sea Lane. Sea Lane
fulfils the role of "promenade" because
coastal conditions and sea defences make
it difficult to have "sea front" facilities.
Therefore,
to
promote
the
holiday
character towards a more continental
atmosphere,
development
along
its
frontage (east of its junction with
Hurdman Way) will only be permitted
where such factors as siting, elevation and
hard and soft landscaping, contribute to
and enhance the "boulevard" street
scene.
18.37
To reinforce the individual
identities of coastal settlements engulfed
by holiday caravans and other tourism
uses, it is particularly important to
identify
areas
protected
from
development to prevent coalescence. The
minimum
open
space
considered
necessary to achieve this between Chapel
St. Leonards and Ingoldmells and
Ingoldmells to Skegness is shown on
Inset Map 43. This does not necessarily
prevent development altogether as many
open air uses, involving few buildings,
could be acceptable in principle.
An
aerodrome is a good example of a use
which is compatible with the principle of
Policy ENV20.
18.38
It is particularly necessary to
reappraise the residential allocation in
Ingoldmells if it is to retain a village
character and community identity, and in
view of the overall Structure Plan
allocation and relative needs of other
settlements throughout the district. The
areas are shown on the Inset Map 43.1
(Sites A, B and C). It is not anticipated
that the whole area as shown South of
Anchor Lane, will be developed within the
Plan period.
To ensure a continuous
supply of land, development will have to
accord with a Development Brief for the
area which will, in particular, require a
strong element of phasing.
The
identification of a large area should make
it more feasible for developers to ensure
that a percentage of the site is dedicated
to the first time buyer or rented sector of
the housing market (Policy H1). Broad
evidence of need for such accommodation
is reflected in the fact that 30% of
permanent households in Ingoldmells is in
residential mobile homes (according to
the 1981 Census).
18.39 The area of land to the north-east
of Ingoldmells bounded by Anchor Lane,
Chapel Road and Housing Site A, has
potential for sensitive development under
Policy ENV13 to replace a discontinued
industrial use and former allocation for
housing. The Council will generally support
proposals here which would add to the
range of facilities for both local residents
and visitors. Potential uses which could
include
recreational
facilities,
visitor
attractions,
local
employment
opportunities,
farm
diversification
projects, leisure uses and housing,
including low cost housing for local needs.
Housing proposals on this site would need
to be very carefully assessed in relation to
their position alongside other uses on the
site and, in particular, to the open aspect
of the site and its surroundings.
For
instance, proposals for housing set in an
otherwise open or undeveloped landscape
are unlikely to win approval. Because of
the large size and presently exposed
nature of this site, the Council would
exercise great care in making sure that
the environmental and amenity criteria, in
particular, of all pertinent policies are met.
This will mean that any proposals here
must be of an appropriate scale, relate
sympathetically to adjoining uses and to
their countryside setting and not create
any unreasonable amenity risk for local
residents.
18.40 All development in Ingoldmells is
dependent on the Winthorpe Drain which
requires improvement prior to further
development.
Wainfleet All Saints (Inset Map 44)
18.40
The Local Plan recognises that
Wainfleet All Saints and Wainfleet St. Mary
are two individual settlements in their own
right, having separate Parish Councils and
very different characteristics in terms of
village form and environment and land use
problems and opportunities.18.41
The older part of Wainfleet All
Saints, centred on the Market Place and
having Conservation Area status, is fairly
compact but because of the presence of
the
railway
and
the
Wainfleet
Haven/Steeping river, later development
has spread mainly northwards creating
ribbon development along the village's
several approach roads. Current planning
permission and land allocated (Sites
A,B,C,D,E and F) is considered sufficient
to meet demand for housing within the
plan period (Policy H1). Therefore, new,
major inroads into the open countryside or
further extension to ribbon development
cannot be justified, particularly in terms of
the district wide Structure Plan allocation.
Therefore, Policies DC1 and H10 will be
rigorously applied.
18.42 The tortuous route of the main A52
road through the heart of the village has,
in the past, contributed to parking and
access
problems,
reduced
the
attractiveness
of
the
shoppers
environment and inhibited reinvestment
and improvements to the built fabric of
the village centre. Now that the bypass,
opened in 1991, has diverted extraneous
traffic,
such
improvements
and
enhancements,
particularly
to
the
Conservation Area, could prove most
beneficial and indeed, may be essential if
the village is not to be "bypassed" by
business too, of either a commercial or
tourist nature. Therefore, environmental
improvements to the village centre should
be a priority and opportunities for
improvement, are identified on Inset Map
44 (Policy ENV14). This will be helped
considerably by initiatives of the Wainfleet
Conservation Area Partnership Scheme,
started in 1994.
18.43 Suitable land for industry or rural
workshops in or near the village has been
lacking but the bypass has opened an
opportunity at New England, as identified
as Site J on the Inset Map where English
Estates had constructed new units in 1992
(Policy EMP1).
18.44 Although Wainfleet is a large main
village, it still maintains a close visual
relationship with its rural hinterland
because of the green wedge, as shown on
the Inset Map which approaches close to
the village centre on its north eastern
side. It forms an essential part of the
Conservation
Area,
encompasses
archaeological features and a definitive
footpath affords public access. The area
will therefore be safeguarded from
inappropriate
development
(Policy
ENV20). Any possibility for small scale
development in this general area - but
still retaining the major open space
wedge feature - will be assessed at the
Plan's first review stage.
18.45 For a village of this size and where
growth is promoted, a formal community
recreation ground is essential to serve it
and the smaller surrounding settlements.
An area off Magdalen Road close to the
village centre and other services is
therefore identified on Inset Map 44
where development will not be permitted
unless within the terms of Policy REC2. If
community sport facilities are to be
developed to full potential, a means of
providing suitable vehicular access will
need to be actively pursued and
safeguarded.
Croft (Inset Map 45)
18.46
Croft is a large, predominantly
agricultural parish, adjoining Skegness,
with a relatively large total but scattered
population of about 650.
Agricultural
buildings and farmsteads are scattered
throughout.
18.47 Croft village, which includes the
Church, is the main group of buildings,
with a semblance of village form and
character. It is therefore identified as a
medium sized village under Policy A2,
where small scale housing development is
appropriate (Site A). Other development
in the area however, constitutes ribbon
development such as Croft Bank where
Policy H3 applies and scattered, linear
development such as along Lymn Bank
where
Policy
H4
applies.
New
development has a high visual impact in
this typical fen landscape and should be
judged against Policy C19.
Allowing
scattered new development to continue
unabated could increase the costs of
provision of infrastructure and essential
services and cumulatively lead to over
provision of housing here, to the
detriment of other areas with greater
need.
18.48 Local employment-generating uses
light
industry,
workshops,
involving
warehouse, storage or other commercial
activity could be accommodated by
redevelopment,
refurbishment
or
consolidation of the existing, readily
serviced site well outside the village (the
former Sandersons site).
Hogsthorpe (Inset Map 46)
18.49 Hogsthorpe is one of the larger
villages within the medium category of
Policy A2, with a good range of local
services and facilities, including a primary
school. However, it is located just inland
from Chapel St. Leonards and is therefore,
under pressure for "retirement overspill".
It is on the A52 holiday route which, with
a severe bend and road junction almost at
the village centre, causes conflict between
holiday traffic and village access and
parking needs.
18.50
Therefore, traffic measures, rea
bypass
should
be
routing
or
investigated.
In view of the traffic
problems, the number of planning
permissions outstanding for housing, the
need to protect the open countryside and
to avoid ribbon development, only sites A,
B and C are allocated for housing
development within the Plan period. The
emphasis will be on enabling development
of these sites to be brought forward and
for investigating the need, under Policies
H5 and H10, for particular local needs
housing.
Orby (Inset Map 47)
18.51 Orby is primarily a residential, rural
village with only the basic services and
facilities necessary for every day living
available locally. It is linear in form with
isolated development continuing some
distance along its approach roads. Being
within easy reach of the coast, pressure
for
more
development,
especially
retirement homes, continues. However,
to permit almost unrestricted frontage
development would create problems which
accompany ribbon development such as
the risks to safety of a multiplicity of
individual accesses onto which is, in
summer, a busy holiday route between
Gunby and Ingoldmells;
expensive
provision of services and facilities; the
visual intrusion into the open countryside
of suburban forms, harming the rural
character of the locality.
18.52 Therefore, infill or development of
short sections of frontage within the body
of the village or off the main road (Site A
and B) is considered more appropriate
(Policy H2), to satisfy any localised
demand for housing. Development on any
greater scale, given the need and
provision for housing elsewhere cannot be
justified in such a village as Orby.
18.53 The church, moat (a Scheduled
Ancient Monument) and open space at the
bend in the village are local landmarks
and features which give Orby its sense of
place and contributes greatly to its form
and character and will be protected under
Policy ENV20 and through a Development
Brief for Site B.
Wainfleet St. Mary (Inset Map 48)
18.54
Although the total parish
population is only slightly less than
Wainfleet All Saints, the village form and
character is completely different. On the
whole, development is fairly widely
scattered
and
there
is
no
easily
recognisable village form or centre. The
main groups of development are located
at Low Road and both ends of St. Michaels
Lane linked by development along its
southern frontage. The northern aspect of
the village is greatly influenced by the
adjoining "parkland" appearance which will
therefore be protected from inappropriate
development (Policy ENV20).
18.55 Urban estate type development for
housing will not be permitted in Wainfleet
St. Mary.
Individual frontage plots or
small groups of dwellings on allocated
sites A, B, C and D only will be permitted
(Policy H2). Where appropriate, proposals
will include improvement to St. Michaels
Lane, attention to the rural scale and
character, landscaping and the sensitive
treatment of public rights of way.
18.56
The area locally known as
Wainfleet Bank is subject to development
pressure for housing. However, existing
development is scattered and it is not a
recognised settlement for the purposes of
the development strategy and therefore
does not appear on an Inset Map. Several
farmsteads dominate and are an integral
part of the rural scene. Further general
housing permissions therefore would be
inappropriate in that it would consolidate
scattered buildings to create ribbon
development in the open countryside.
Policy H4 would apply here.
Also, its
attractive fen character would appear to
warrant
its
consideration
as
a
Conservation Area.
18.57 The site of the medieval village of
Wainfleet adjoins Wainfleet Bank to the
south and, although not a scheduled
ancient
monument,
is
of
local
archeological heritage interest and should
be safeguarded under Policy C6.
Welton le Marsh (Inset Map 49)
18.58
Welton le Marsh is a small
settlement, most of which is within the
Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty, and partly in the Area of
Great Landscape Value. It is essentially a
linear village where the original cottages
and farmsteads have been consolidated
more recently with frontage development.
Local services and community facilities,
such as the village shop and community
hall, still prevail. To help support these, a
small frontage site has been allocated for
housing (Site A).
Nevertheless, any
proposals would still need to show how
satisfactory provision of infrastructure can
be achieved and that scale, design and
materials used are appropriate to a rural
community and its setting (Policy C13).
Addlethorpe (Inset Map 50)
18.59 This is a small village, very close to
Ingoldmells, which is under great pressure
for
both
tourist
and
residential
development. However, it is set within a
flat, expansive, rural landscape in which
the historic Church of St. Nicholas is a
dominant local feature.
Proposals are
designed (Policy ENV20) to protect it from
development which would detract from
both its setting and role as a local
landmark.
18.60 There are existing touring caravan
sites in and near the village which
dominate the locality during the summer
months.
Therefore, further sites are
considered inappropriate as, cumulatively,
they would harm the amenities of this
small residential village. The road through
the village forms part of an alternative
holiday route to the coast (from Gunby via
Orby) which also adds to the tourism
impact on the village and itself restricts
further development in the village because
of access requirements.
Anderby Creek (Inset Map 51)
18.61
Anderby Creek is primarily a
"holiday village" set within the heart of
Coastal Conservation Area 2.
Its
existence enables an alternative coastal
access point and choice of holiday type
and location.
Therefore, retention and
enhancement of its holiday role is
considered appropriate, provided it can be
achieved
without
expansion
or
intensification of holiday uses within this
vulnerable coastal environment.