The suite of 31 planning policies detailing how development will be permitted in South Holland over the next 19 years is expected to be approved today (March 9).
The emerging South East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2011-36, which details policies such as distribution of housing, strategic approach to flood risk and climate change and renewable and low carbon energy, is already six years into its period as it nears adoption.
The vision statement says: “By 2036 growth will be concentrated in South East Lincolnshire’s most sustainable settlements, taking into account the sensitivity of the predominantly rural, flat, open landscape and the risk of flooding. The majority of development will be focussed in Boston and Spalding, but there will also be an appropriate level of growth in some of the area’s smaller towns and villages to ensure that they remain resilient and sustainable.”
It adds: “South East Lincolnshire will be better connected by sustainable modes of transport, which will help ensure access to key services and facilities and places of employment is more accessible to all, as well as helping to reduce carbon emissions.”
Under housing needs, the plan provides for 11,125 in South Holland at 445 per year by 2036. By comparison, Boston Borough is earmarked for 7,550 at 300 per year.
Spalding will have 5,255 more houses and Holbeach 2,100, Long Sutton 580, Crowland 500, Donington 450, Sutton Bridge 260 and Pinchbeck 240.
The most significant development is Vernatts Sustainable Urban Extension – 4,000 homes helping deliver the Spalding Western Relief Road in three phases from a five-spur roundabout at the junction of Spalding Road and Enterprise Way to the A151 Bourne Road.
The Local Plan is due to go to public consultation between April 10 and May 22.
