Site West Of Worley Avenue / South Of Earls Drive (Opposite Numbers 50-60), Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 6AA

Planning appeal 3324733 at Site West Of Worley Avenue / South Of Earls Drive (Opposite Numbers 50-60), Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 6AA (Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Low Fell Conservation Area.

use as residential amenity and garden land with construction of a driveway and a single residential outbuilding / garage for the storage of vehicles and residential paraphernalia, with the felling of 8 trees, the replacement planting of 8 trees and new boundary hedgerow

Authority: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Manchester S
Postcode: NE9 6AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Low Fell Conservation Area
Whether the proposal would result in biodiversity net gain
The effects of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to visibility splays

What decided it

The proposal would harm the character and appearance of the Low Fell Conservation Area through incongruous plot subdivision, loss of mature trees, and introduction of a discordant building form, with no substantiated public benefits to outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: MSG25CS15MSG24MSG36CS18CS13MSG15MSG37
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 197Paragraph 202

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