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Garden Adjoining 2 Lime Cottages, Waldridge Road, Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, DH2 3RY
Planning appeal 3286233 at Garden Adjoining 2 Lime Cottages, Waldridge Road, Waldridge, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, DH2 3RY (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 28 February 2022 by Inspector Underwood G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the proposal's effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a pair of semi-detached houses built in garden curtilage of 2 Lime Cottages, Waldridge. Stone random rubble with pitched slate roofs to match existing cottage construction
- Authority
- Durham County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Underwood G
- Postcode
- DH2 3RY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the proposal's effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location for development having regard to any relevant development plan policies
- The effect the development would have on the character and appearance of the area
- If it is inappropriate development, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The development would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt with considerable harm to openness and landscape character, and the other considerations advanced did not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 10Policy 20Policy 29Policy 39
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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