Land adjacent to 22 Tollgate Road, Hamsterley Mill, ROWLANDS GILL, Tyne and Wear, NE39 1HF

a two storey, detached dwelling house

Authority: Durham County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Lancaster K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area

What decided it

The proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area by reducing the spacious plot sizes that characterise Hamsterley Mill and disrupting the transition between residential properties and the neighbouring woodland.

The limited social, economic and environmental benefits of a single dwelling were outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and conflict with the development plan

Plan policies cited: Policy 6(d) of the County Durham Plan, Policy 29 of the County Durham Plan, Policy 39 of the County Durham Plan

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

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.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.