Beech Dene, Kelsick, Abbeytown

6011045·Cumberland·1 Sept 2026dismissed·FUL/2025/0152

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶20

“concentrated within the towns and villages identified in the”

Summary

The proposal replaced a modest countryside bungalow near Kelsick with a two-storey house of about 572 sqm, moved about 40 m into an adjoining paddock. The appeal was dismissed. The replacement was disproportionately larger than the building it replaced, so it fell outside S5(1)(c). The S5(4) exceptional-circumstances test was then applied and failed: moderate-weight lifestyle benefits could not substantially outweigh the character harm and the unresolved bat-roost issue.

Why this is cited

Outside hierarchy settlements: against. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6011045.txt

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