Enforcement action taken against builder's yard near Bellingham

Northumberland National Park <i>(Image: David Taylor)</i>
Northumberland National Park (Image: David Taylor)
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NORTHUMBERLAND National Park has taken enforcement action against 'unauthorised' construction.

The Northumberland National Park Authority issued an enforcement notice to Mr Healey, of Ponteland, on July 11, alleging that there had been a 'breach of planning control' on agricultural land at the south-east of Sunday sight, Bellingham.

The notice said the Authority 'prohibits the carrying out of the activity specified in this notice'.

The alleged activity relates to constructing timber and blockwork buildings without planning consent, installing and connecting water storage and processing infrastructure, constructing and developing aggregate tracks, widening vehicle access, laying areas of aggregate for hardstanding, excavating land, forming compound areas, including siting shipping containers, and changing the use of part of the land from agricultural to Sui Generis use for a builder’s yard.

The notice stated that all specified activities must stop.

Mr Healey has appealed against the notice and submitted a formal retrospective planning application for the work.

A spokesperson for the Northumberland National Park Authority said: “The applicant has appealed against the decision of the Authority to serve the enforcement notice, and the matter is currently with the Planning Inspectorate to make a decision as to whether to uphold the notice.”

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