The proposal represents a very substantial extension to the existing dwelling to the degree whereby the Local Planning Authority considers it tantamount to a replacement dwelling within the Charnwood Forest Area of Particularly Attractive Countryside. The proposed dwelling is outside the Limits to Development and is of a size and design which is incompatible with the traditional character and appearance of the locality. The proposal is contrary to Strategy Policy 4 of the Leicestershire Structure Plan and similar Policy SP/9 of the emerging Structure Plan which, inter alia, seek to protect the countryside for its own sake, Strategy Policy 15 of the emerging plan which seeks protection of the character of the Charnwood Forest Landscape Character Area and policies CT/14 and CT/16 of the Deposit Draft Borough of Charnwood Local Plan which, respectively, seek to limit the scale of replacement dwellings and extensions to dwellings in the countryside..