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Dismissed3 December 20213266736

Middle Coldcoats Farm, Track From A696T to Middle Coldcoats, Milbourne, Northumberland, NE20 0DG

Planning appeal 3266736 at Middle Coldcoats Farm, Track From A696T to Middle Coldcoats, Milbourne, Northumberland, NE20 0DG (Northumberland County Council) was dismissed on 3 December 2021 by Inspector Cragg D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and relevant development plan policies.

erection of a rural workers dwelling

Authority
Northumberland County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Cragg D
Postcode
NE20 0DG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and relevant development plan policies
  • the effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
  • whether or not there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site
  • if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The appellants failed to demonstrate an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site, meaning the substantial Green Belt harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.

the substantial harm from inappropriateness and loss of openness, together with the harm from an unjustified dwelling in the countryside, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy C17Policy H16
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 80Paragraph 149Paragraph 150

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