New homes approved despite concerns for village

Plans for a housing development in a Lincolnshire village have been approved, despite objections over its scale.

Boston Borough Council's planning committee approved an application for 89 homes from Gleeson Regeneration on land to the east of Gaysfield Road, Fishtoft, at a meeting on Tuesday.

It followed an objection from Fishtoft Parish Council, which argued that the village lacked the infrastructure to absorb that number of homes.

Another proposal, for 142 homes on land off Puritan Way, Boston, was also approved.

Councillor James Cantwell told the meeting the "dramatic increase" in properties in Fishtoft was not justified.

Meanwhile, Councillor Stephen Woodliffe raised concerns about the land being in an area at risk of flooding.

"A person wouldn't want to buy a property here," he said.

However, he accepted this was not sufficient grounds for refusal, as Anglian Water had raised no objection, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service,

Planning officers cited two existing applications on the same site, together totalling more than 60 homes, and described the increased number as minor.

In a report, they said the scale of the development was in line with what the local plan for the area considered "to be appropriate and capable of being serviced by local facilities".

At the same meeting, members refused plans for 102 homes on land next to White House Lane in Fishtoft, citing concerns over density and the properties "being out of keeping" with nearby residential areas.

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