®Planning appeal decision
Thornley Bank Kennels & Cattery, Hollinhill Lane, ROWLANDS GILL, Tyne and Wear, NE39 1BG
application for permission in principle for the demolition of boarding kennels and cattery along with the associated residential dwelling, and the construction of between five and six dwellings
- Authority
- Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Storey P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with specific regard to access to services and sustainable transport
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if so, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, and the benefits do not constitute very special circumstances to outweigh this harm, particularly given the site's unsustainable location remote from services and sustainable transport.
The substantial weight directed by the Framework to harm to the Green Belt outweighed the limited weight of the benefits including housing supply, economic contributions, and potential aesthetic improvements, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
Framework references: 84, 109, 143, 154, 155, 153, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS13, Policy MSGP15, Policy CS19
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.