Council vs Home Office: Will a £300M heritage and job-boosting project in West Lindsey fall through due to plans for asylum seeker housing?
The High Court has been informed of West Lindsey's"dire need" for regeneration amid allegations that the government has acted unlawfully in its plans for RAF Scampton.
The scheme was set to generate thousands of high-skilled jobs for the area. However, there are growing concerns that investors may divert their resources elsewhere if the government's plans are implemented.In her witness statement to the court, the council's Director of Planning & Regeneration Sally Gringrod-Smith emphasised the"time-sensitive" nature of this ambitious project.
"In Lincolnshire, we need to level up. We need to provide well-paid jobs, we need to increase productivity, we need to bring new areas for growth and development and that is the principle and the premise for our regeneration plans for Scampton." The court also examined similar cases presented by the Braintree District Council and a local resident from Weathersfield, both alleging that the government acted unlawfully in their plans to house up to 1,700 asylum seekers at MDP Weathersfield.
"We’ve always said that it shouldn’t plan to use the sites longer when they are only using a permitted development right for 12 months.
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