Elwick Farm, C59 Easington Grange Junction To Detchant Park Junctn, Belford, NE70 7EL

Planning appeal 3313705 at Elwick Farm, C59 Easington Grange Junction To Detchant Park Junctn, Belford, NE70 7EL (Northumberland County Council) was dismissed on 23 June 2023 by Inspector Dillon C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would be suitably located, with particular regard to the spatial strategy and level of accessibility.

60 no. pitches for holiday accommodation comprising touring caravan/campervan pitches and tents

Authority: Northumberland County Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Dillon C
Postcode: NE70 7EL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposal would be suitably located, with particular regard to the spatial strategy and level of accessibility
Highway safety
the effect on surface water drainage
the effect on local biodiversity interests

What decided it

The appeal proposal would not be suitably located due to inadequate accessibility and isolation, would be prejudicial to highway safety, would increase flood risk, and would harm local biodiversity interests, collectively constituting conflict with the development plan that could not be overcome.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy STP 1Policy ECN 13Policy ENV 5Policy ECN 15Policy TRA1Policy TRA 2Policy WAT 3Policy WAT 4Policy ENV1Policy ENV2Policy STP 2Policy STP 3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 167Paragraph 169

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

No 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 2023

Allowed24 September 20266010440
Land South West Of Chalets Percy Wood Golf Club And Country Retreat, Coast View, Swarland, NE65 9JW
Dismissed24 July 20266007578
38 Ravens Hill Drive, Wellhead Dene, Ashington, NE63 8XU
Dismissed26 May 20266003420
Land at South Molesden, West Molesden, Molesden, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3QF
Dismissed21 May 20263376392
127 Princess Louise Road, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2NE
Dismissed14 May 20266002800
Car Park South Of Riverside House, Gas House Lane, Low Stanners, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1SR

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.