The Schooner Hotel, 8 Northumberland Street, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2RS

Planning appeal 3323621 at The Schooner Hotel, 8 Northumberland Street, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2RS (Northumberland County Council) was dismissed on 8 December 2023 by Inspector Walker R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development preserves a Grade II listed building or its setting, known as The Schooner Hotel, and any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses.

to construct a full timber decking outdoor seating area with timber frame outbuilding / shed. Decking to service outdoor seating for customers and building to serve as an outdoor store and service area

Authority: Northumberland County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Walker R
Postcode: NE66 2RS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development preserves a Grade II listed building or its setting, known as The Schooner Hotel, and any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses

What decided it

The harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building and its setting caused by the extensive timber decking, which is not outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal, is contrary to paragraph 202 of the NPPF and section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ENV7
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 10

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

13 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
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
Dismissed8 September 20253367376
Dunstan House, C74 Dunstan Village Main Road, Dunstan, Northumberland, NE66 3SY
Allowed4 September 20253366332
The Greys Inn, Stanley Terrace, Embleton, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 3UY

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.