Dungee Corner, Harrold Road, Bozeat, WELLINGBOROUGH, Northamptonshire, NN29 7LP

construction of a new 4 bedroomed dwelling with a detached double garage, a detached potting shed, greenhouse, new vehicular access, boundary treatments and gates and associated hard and soft external work

Authority: North Northamptonshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Cooper W

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
Whether the proposal would be of exceptional quality and/or innovative design sufficient to meet the rural exceptions test in the local development plan's strategic approach to development and the countryside
Whether the proposal makes adequate provision to safeguard protected species and biodiversity

What decided it

The proposal would fail to meet the rural exceptions test by not demonstrating exceptional quality and innovative design sufficient to justify development in open countryside, as it would visually jar with the local area's defining characteristics and lack sufficient contextual logic to fit acceptably into its rural setting.

Framework references: 11, 80, 130, 180

Plan policies cited: JCS Policy 4, JCS Policy 8, JCS Policy 11, JCS Policy 13, PBW Policy SS1

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