®Planning appeal decision
Land North East of Throphill, Road To Throphill, Throphill, Northumberland, NE61 3QN
Planning appeal 3351301 at Land North East of Throphill, Road To Throphill, Throphill, Northumberland, NE61 3QN (Northumberland County Council) was allowed on 29 January 2025 by Inspector Harrison F, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Creation of a new residential dwelling at Throphill Farm, with associated hardstanding and landscaping works, to create a new farm worker's dwelling to support the existing farming operations at Throphill Farm
- Authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Harrison F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt, and the purposes of including the land within it
- whether the proposal is in an appropriate location having regard to the Council's spatial strategy
- whether harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The essential and clearly established functional need for a full-time rural worker to live permanently at Throphill, which together with other considerations clearly outweighed the harm to the Green Belt.
The very substantial weight given to the essential functional need for a rural worker's dwelling, together with moderate biodiversity benefits, clearly outweighed the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm, so that very special circumstances were established
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QOP1Policy HOU9Policy STP7Policy STP8Policy STP1Policy HOU8Policy HOU2Policy ENV2Policy QOP2Policy QOP5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 84Paragraph 88
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.
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