Needles Eye Cafe Beach Terrace, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, NE64 6XE

Variation of conditions: 2 (plans), 4 (refuse storage/management) and 5 (deliveries) pursuant to planning approval 24/00311/VARYCO without complying with condition 7 attached to planning permission Ref 24/01691/VARYCO, dated 19th July 2024

Authority: Northumberland County Council
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: leisure-sport
Postcode: NE64 6XE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of permitting the alteration to the condition when considering nearby ecological interests and whether the condition as existing meets the conditions tests

What decided it

The potential for significant sound transfer from internal music and entertainment to affect the integrity of nearby protected habitats, combined with insufficient objective evidence to rule out such effects, means the condition as existing is necessary and the proposed variation would conflict with Policy ENV2.

Framework references: 58

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV2 of the Northumberland Local Plan

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