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Dismissed8 December 20253372757

4 Poplar Drive, Spennymoor, DL16 7XX

Planning appeal 3372757 at 4 Poplar Drive, Spennymoor, DL16 7XX (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 8 December 2025 by Inspector Gravett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 1 is necessary, relevant to planning and the development permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects, having regards to the character and appearance of the area.

Siting of retractable support and radio antenna to rear

Authority
Durham County Council
Appeal type
householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
telecoms · Householder developments
Inspector
Gravett R
Postcode
DL16 7XX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether condition 1 is necessary, relevant to planning and the development permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects, having regards to the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The temporary 2-year condition is necessary and reasonable because it appropriately balances enabling the appellant's hobby against the undue prominence of the antenna from the public footpath, whereas a 5-year permission would cause unacceptable longer-term harm to character and appearance contrary to development plan policy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 29Policy 31
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 39

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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