®Planning appeal decision
The Gin Gan, B6524 Whalton To Morpeth Common Road, Whalton, NE61 3YH
a stone clad side extension with pitched roof to form new open plan kitchen, dining and master with part mezzanine above kitchen
- Authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Brooker M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- if the proposal would be 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 necessary to justify it
What decided it
The disproportionate scale of the extension in relation to the existing building, combined with the substantial weight required to be given to harm to the Green Belt and the harm to character and appearance, could not be outweighed by the cited considerations.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and minimal loss of openness, together with harm to character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the benefits of family accommodation and precedent, so very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 149
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy C17 of the Castle Morpeth District Local Plan, Saved Policy H22 of the Castle Morpeth District Local Plan
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