September 23, 2022 4.59 pm This story is over 33 months old

Skegness caravan park plans shelved after hundreds of objections

Residents are ‘over the moon’ with joy
Hogsthorpe resident Tom Morrissey was one of hundreds to object to Hogsthorpe caravan plans | Photo: LDRS/The Lincolnite

One of Lincolnshire’s most unpopular planning applications has been withdrawn.

Plans for 65 caravans would have been totally unsuitable for a village near Skegness, locals claimed.

Around 600 objections were submitted for the original version of the plans, and a scaled-down version got another 800.

The static caravans would have been placed on a site off Sea Lane in Hogsthorpe.

Residents felt the isolated location with narrow roads would have put both drivers and pedestrians at risk.

East Lindsey District Council’s planning website now states the application has been withdrawn.

The site is between Mill Lane and Sea Lane in Hogsthorpe | Photo: LDRS/The Lincolnite

Tom Morrissey, who lives near the park’s proposed entrance, said: “People are over the moon about the news. I heard about it last night, and the whole village is talking about it now.

“There were 810 objections by the end. That could have made all the difference.

“We don’t know exactly why the application was withdrawn, but there was a response from Highways asking that a footpath would need to be build along Sea Lane to the village. Perhaps the cost got too much?

“I hope this is the end and we don’t get another application, but we never know for sure.”

Tom and other organisers had spent weeks going door-to-door to rally villagers.

The revised plans for a caravan park on Sea Lane, Hogsthorpe | Photo: Andrew Clover Design and Planning

The plans were submitted by Andrew Clover Planning and Design on behalf of a local landowner.

The original plans were nearly twice as big, with 108 proposed caravans.

This was scaled back in August, with additional outdoor space and four new ponds added, in a bid to win over residents.

One of the main complaints was how caravans would have been delivered down winding, country roads.

People staying at the park would have also had to walk down a road without footpaths to the village.