Burnfoot Woods, Pit Allotment Wood, Dilston, Corbridge, NE46 1UD

Planning appeal 3321749 at Burnfoot Woods, Pit Allotment Wood, Dilston, Corbridge, NE46 1UD (Northumberland County Council) was allowed on 15 September 2023 by Inspector Teasdale N, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

Proposed storage shed and proposed polytunnel to support existing woodland maintenance

Authority: Northumberland County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Teasdale N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
Whether the site location is otherwise suitable for the proposed development, having regard to development plan policy governing proposals within the open countryside

What decided it

The modest scale, discreet positioning, and remote woodland location of the development, combined with the legitimate forestry management purpose, outweighed the strategic policy conflict with the open countryside policy.

the benefits of promoting effective management of forestry land outweighed the strategic policy conflict with the open countryside policy, given the very modest scale and discreet positioning of the development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy STP 7Policy STP 8Policy STP 1 g)Policy STP 1 h)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 149
Judgments: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority v Epping Forest District Council [2016]

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