®Planning appeal decision
Middle Coldcoats Farm, Track from A696T to Middle Coldcoats, Milbourne, Northumberland, NE20 0DG
erection of a rural workers dwelling
- Authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cragg D
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
Framework references: 80, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy C17, Policy H16
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.