®Planning appeal decision
Gardeners Cottage, Harbottle, MORPETH, Northumberland, NE65 7DG
Construction of a garden room at Gardeners Cottage, Harbottle, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 7DG without complying with a condition attached to Planning Permission Reference: 19NP0023, dated 17 April 2019
- Authority
- Northumberland
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Dowsett J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there was a valid planning application before the Authority
- Whether the development proposed by the application falls within the scope of Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the disputed condition is necessary having regard to the development plan for the area and the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring residential properties
What decided it
The application proposal, as revealed through the appellants' own submissions, sought to establish the lawfulness of using the main house and garden room for short-term commercial letting, which falls outside the scope of Section 73 of the Act and requires determination under Sections 191 or 192 instead.
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy policy 3
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