®Planning appeal decision
Burgham Park Golf Club, Burgham Park, Felton, NE65 9QP
the removal of the greenkeepers’ compound and the construction of 48 dwellings (including 12 affordable houses), plus the upgrading of the access road, electric substation, SUDs, domestic package treatment works and domestic gas storage
- Authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Ware P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the site is in a suitable location for new housing with regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan
- Whether a fallback position exists and the weight which should be accorded to it
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt 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 the development
What decided it
The existence of a genuine fallback position that would result in greater harm to the Green Belt and spatial strategy than the appeal scheme, which clearly outweighed the policy conflicts and provided the very special circumstances necessary to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and effect on openness, and the conflict with spatial strategy policies, were clearly outweighed by the fallback position which would cause greater harm, combined with moderate weight for permanent housing provision and limited economic benefits, amounting to very special circumstances.
Plan policies cited: NLP policy STP 1, NLP policy STP 7, NLP policy STP 8, NLP policy HOU 3, NLP policy HOU 6, NLP policy HOU 7, NLP policy HOU 8, NLP policy INF 6, TNDP policy 2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.