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

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

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.

Framework references: 11, 197, 202

Plan policies cited: MSG25, CS15, MSG24, MSG36, CS18, CS13, MSG15, MSG37

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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