5 Dell Close, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS7 8JG

change of use of open space to private garden including 1.8m high timber fence to front and side and 1.2m timber fence to the rear

Authority: Middlesbrough Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Symmons J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the Green Wedge and Primary Open Space and on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The development causes significant adverse effects on the Green Wedge and Primary Open Space and harms the character and appearance of the area through its intrusive form and prominent location, contrary to development plan policies that seek to safeguard these designations.

Plan policies cited: Middlesbrough saved Local Plan Policy E2, Middlesbrough saved Local Plan Policy E7, Marton West Neighbourhood Plan Policy MW1, Marton West Neighbourhood Plan Policy MW3, Middlesbrough Core Strategy Policy CS4, Middlesbrough Core Strategy Policy CS5, Middlesbrough Core Strategy Policy DC1, Marton West Neighbourhood Plan Policy MW6

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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