Land North Of Shield Court Shield Court Hexham Northumberland

1. 1.The effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area would be unacceptable. The application fails to make a positive contribution or be sympathetic to local character, does not respect the street scene, and proposes a development that would be visually obtrusive, eroding the sense of place of the local area. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policies QOP 1, QOP 2 and HOU 9 of the Northumberland Local, Policies HNP 2 and HNP 9 of the Hexham Neighbourhood Plan, and the NPPF.
2. 2.The proposal would result in an unacceptable impact upon residential amenity, in relation to matters such as loss of visual amenity, privacy and an overbearing form of development. They are therefore contrary to the relevant aspects of Policy QOP 2 of the Northumberland Local Plan, Policy HNP 2 of the Hexham Neighbourhood Plan, and the NPPF.
3. 3.Due to insufficient information, it cannot be established that the development is acceptable in relation to highway safety, particularly in relation to access and egress from the site for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, refuse strategy, surface water drainage, and works potentially damaging the integrity of the publicly maintainable highway, and would therefore not accord with Policies TRA 1, TRA 2, and TRA 4 of the Northumberland Local Plan, together with the relevant aspects of the NPPF.
4. 4.The proposed development would result in the loss of an harm to deciduous woodland, a Habitat of Principal Importance under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006 (as amended), and would therefore be contrary to Local Plan Policy ENV 2, and the NPPF.
5. 5.Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the application would fall within an appropriate exemption from the general Biodiversity Gain Condition as set out in Paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (The Act) (as amended), and no information has been provided to demonstrate that the development will deliver at least a 10% increase in biodiversity value relative to the pre-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat, contrary to Schedule 7A of The Act (inserted by the Environment Act 2021), and Policies STP 3 and ENV 2 of the Northumberland Local Plan, and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Full Application

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Hexham

Date validated

5 January 2026

Consultation expiry

27 January 2026

Consultation start

6 January 2026

Consultation end

27 January 2026

Neighbour consultation start

6 January 2026

Neighbour consultation end

27 January 2026

Last date for comments

27 January 2026

Target decision date

2 March 2026

Agent

CEAD Architects

Architect profile

CEAD LIMITED

Agent address

Toffee Factory Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2DF

Statutory period

56 days

Planning Portal ID

PP-14558312

Comments

0

Documents

13

Constraints

6