®Planning appeal decision
1 Linnels Cottages, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1SD
wooden shed, change of use from agricultural land
- Authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cross D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with due regard to the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with regards to outlook
- Would any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt carrying substantial weight against it, and this harm together with significant harm to character and appearance and neighbouring living conditions is not clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm as a whole, together with significant weight to harm to character and appearance and living conditions of nearby residents, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, resulting in dismissal.
Framework references: 138, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: GD2, H21, GD1, NE1, BE1, NE7
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