Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed11 February 20223286426

1 Elfin Way, South Shore, Blyth, NE24 3RQ

Planning appeal 3286426 at 1 Elfin Way, South Shore, Blyth, NE24 3RQ (Northumberland County Council) was dismissed on 11 February 2022 by Inspector Cross D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host building and the area.

addition of a balcony to the East facing gable elevation of the property, accessed from a new door on the first floor and primarily focused over the front half of the property

Authority
Northumberland County Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Cross D
Postcode
NE24 3RQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host building and the area
  • Effect of the proposal on public and nearby residents in respect of privacy

What decided it

The proposal would lead to significant harm to the character and appearance of the host building and the area due to its obtrusive design and location on a prominent corner site, contrary to development plan policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DC1DC28

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

17 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Northumberland County Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022

  1. Dismissed28 October 20266011490
    Land North West of Ivy Cottage, Whittonstall, DH8 9JN
  2. Dismissed16 October 20266010491
    13 Park Drive, Hepscott Park, Morpeth, NE61 6QA
  3. Dismissed13 October 20266011084
    The Granary, Love Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1AR
  4. Dismissed13 October 20266009232
    Land East of Monks Lodge, Mitford, NE61 2YJ
  5. Dismissed1 October 20266013586
    Land North West Of 31 The Oval, The Oval, Bedlington, NE22 5HS

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.