Tightest of margins sees controversial Spalding Travellers’ site approved - Lincolnshire

From the Spalding and South Holland Voice

A controversial new Travellers’ site for Spalding has been granted planning permission by the tightest of margins.

During a two-hour debate before a packed public gallery, members of South Holland District Council’s planning committee were torn over whether the site off Drain Bank North was suitable.

The result of a vote on approving the plan was 6-6. The tie meant that it had to be resolved by a committee chairman’s casting vote – and Coun Roger Gambba-Jones, who had voted to pass the plan moments beforehand, did so again.

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