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

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

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.

Framework references: 199, 200, 202, 10

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV7

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