Ms S Grange Our Ref: APP/P2935/A/13/2194915 Eversheds LLP 70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES 31 July 2014 Dear Madam TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (SECTION 78) APPEAL BY ENERGIEKONTOR UK LTD: LAND OFF FENROTHER LANE, TO THE NORTH OF FENROTHER, NORTHUMBERLAND APPLICATION REF: 12/02500/RENEIA 1. I am directed by the Secretary of State to say that consideration has been given to the report of the Inspector, Phillip J G Ware BSc(Hons) DipTP MRTPI, who held a public local inquiry between 28 August and 4 September 2013 into your client’s appeal against a decision of Northumberland County Council (the Council) to refuse planning permission for the installation of 5 wind turbines, ancillary equipment and associated infrastructure, in accordance with application ref 12/02500/RENEIA, dated 7 August 2012. 2. On 11 October 2013, the appeal was recovered for the Secretary of State's determination, in pursuance of section 79 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, because the appeal involves a renewable energy development. Inspector’s recommendation and summary of the decision 3. The Inspector recommended that the appeal be dismissed and planning permission refused. For the reasons given below, the Secretary of State agrees with the Inspector’s recommendation. A copy of the Inspector’s report (IR) is enclosed. All references to paragraph numbers, unless otherwise stated, are to that report. Procedural matters 4. In reaching this position, the Secretary of State has taken into account the Environmental Statement (ES) which was submitted under the Town and Country Department for Communities and Local Government Tel: 0303 444 1634 Planning Casework Division, Email:
[email protected] 1/H1, Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (IR4).