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Dismissed27 March 20263376477

Chauffeurs Cottage, Guyzance, Morpeth, NE65 9AG

Planning appeal 3376477 at Chauffeurs Cottage, Guyzance, Morpeth, NE65 9AG (Northumberland County Council) was dismissed on 27 March 2026 by Inspector Burnham T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether it was reasonable for the Council to require a Planning Obligation which would provide the mechanism for the appellant to pay the Council's costs for monitoring Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) measures at the site which would be secured via planning condition.

New boiler house and wood chip store to serve Guyzance Estate and part of a garden storage area (10m2)

Authority
Northumberland County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector
Burnham T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether it was reasonable for the Council to require a Planning Obligation which would provide the mechanism for the appellant to pay the Council's costs for monitoring Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) measures at the site which would be secured via planning condition

What decided it

The failure to secure a monitoring fee via Planning Obligation meant BNG provision over the required 30-year term would not be certain, contrary to the Framework's requirement that planning decisions contribute to and enhance the environment by providing net gains for biodiversity, and this substantial harm outweighed the proposal's benefits.

The benefits of the proposal (auxiliary boiler for district heating, low carbon energy support) were outweighed by the substantial weight afforded to the absence of a secured BNG monitoring fee, which would leave biodiversity provision uncertain over the required term.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ENV 7Policy ENV 9Policy ANP6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 58

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