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Dismissed5 April 20223292816

Burntwood Cottage, Stoney Lane, Beamish, DH9 0SJ

Planning appeal 3292816 at Burntwood Cottage, Stoney Lane, Beamish, DH9 0SJ (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 5 April 2022 by Inspector Brooker M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

a two storey extension

Authority
Durham County Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Brooker M
Postcode
DH9 0SJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • Would the 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 proposed extension would be a disproportionate addition to the original building, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with harm to openness that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 20 of the Durham County Plan 2020
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 149

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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