Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed17 July 20243331328

Land North of no.1 Kirklevington Hall Drive, Kirklevington, Yarm, TS15 9LH

Planning appeal 3331328 at Land North of no.1 Kirklevington Hall Drive, Kirklevington, Yarm, TS15 9LH (Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 July 2024 by Inspector Kempton N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan for the distribution of housing.

the erection of two detached houses (1 x two storey house and 1 x dormer bungalow)

Authority
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Kempton N
Postcode
TS15 9LH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan for the distribution of housing

What decided it

The site's location in countryside outside the settlement boundary in conflict with Policy SD3's spatial strategy for housing distribution, which cannot be outweighed by the modest self-build contribution or other material considerations.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SD3Policy H4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 70Paragraph 60

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

25 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 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Allowed25 September 20253364970
    93 Bishopton Road, Stockton-On-Tees, TS18 4PG
  2. Dismissed10 January 20223276748
    Land to Front of Handley Cross, Leven Bank Road, Yarm, TS15 9JL
  3. Allowed21 October 20266013736
    74a Darlington Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 5ET
  4. Allowed6 August 20266005240
    84 Wolsingham Drive, Thornaby, TS17 9EQ
  5. Allowed5 August 20266007311
    Little Meadows, Elton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 1AG

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.