Land to West of Grey Stones, Wallridge, NE20 0SX

Planning appeal 3326826 at Land to West of Grey Stones, Wallridge, NE20 0SX (Northumberland County Council) was allowed on 19 December 2023 by Inspector Lancaster K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development proposed having particular regard to the development plan's spatial strategy.

the erection of single dwelling with associated access and residential garden

Authority: Northumberland County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Lancaster K
Postcode: NE20 0SX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development proposed having particular regard to the development plan's spatial strategy
the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity, including protected species
the effect of the proposed development on trees

What decided it

The site is within the built form of the settlement of Wallridge and therefore a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the development plan's spatial strategy, complying with Policy STP1(f) of the Northumberland Local Plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy STP1Policy STP1(f)Policy STP1(g)Policy HOU7Policy HOU8Policy ST3Policy ST4Policy ST5Policy TRA1Policy STP3Policy ENV1Policy ENV2Policy QOP4Policy QOP5Policy ICT2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 80

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

1 other decided appeal 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
Dismissed24 July 20266007578
38 Ravens Hill Drive, Wellhead Dene, Ashington, NE63 8XU
Dismissed21 May 20263376392
127 Princess Louise Road, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2NE
Dismissed14 May 20266002800
Car Park South Of Riverside House, Gas House Lane, Low Stanners, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1SR
Dismissed9 February 20263374664
Land Between A189 and B1505, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7QR

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.