The local planning authority consider the character of the locality is one of loose knit sporadic development interspersed with undeveloped green areas situated between the main body of Newby and Scalby villages where there are important public views of countryside beyond. If permitted, the development would encourage and itself contribute to the consolidation of this loose knit form and layout of this area together with the loss of public views of the countryside beyond to the detriment of visual amenity and erode the amenity value of this relatively undeveloped, attractive space. As such, the development is considered contrary to the provisions of policy E1 of the North Yorkshire County Structure Plan and policy BE12 of the Local Plan which seeks to resist residential development which would have an unacceptable impact on the visual and amenity value of undeveloped sites.