23 Dene Grove, Seghill, Northumberland, NE23 7EP

Planning appeal 3355593 at 23 Dene Grove, Seghill, Northumberland, NE23 7EP (Northumberland County Council) was dismissed on 9 May 2025 by Inspector Teasdale N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that removing condition 3 would have on highway safety.

Application to remove Condition 3 (car parking), Condition 4 (occupant source location), Condition 5 (emergency placements), and Condition 8 (staff levels) and vary Condition 6 (Police notification period) and Condition 7 (number of residents no more than two) on approved planning application 24/00505/COU for change of use from C3 dwellinghouse to C2 care/supported living accommodation for two under 18s

Authority: Northumberland County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Teasdale N
Postcode: NE23 7EP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that removing condition 3 would have on highway safety
The effect that removing conditions 4 and 5 would have on the safeguarding of children, to ensure they are not put at risk and are housed in a safe and secure environment and to ensure any risks can be identified and mitigated

What decided it

The conditions were necessary, relevant to planning, relevant to the development, enforceable, precise and reasonable, and should remain to protect highway safety and safeguard children in accordance with the development plan and NPPF.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy TRA4 of the Northumberland Local Plan 2016-2036, 2022
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 96

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