The proposal represents a very substantial extension and alteration to the existing dwelling to the extent that the local planning authority considers it tantamount to a replacement dwelling. The proposed dwelling is outside the Limits to Development of any settlement and within the Charnwood Forest Area of Particularly Attractive Countryside. Notwithstanding its location within a wood, the proposed development is of a mass and indifferent design which is incompatible with the traditional character and appearance of the locality. Whether as a new dwelling or as an extension, the scale of the proposed development now greatly exceeds that of the original dwelling and is in conflict with, variously, Policies CT/14 and CT/16 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan which are designed to protect the countryside and, in association with Policy CT/7, this Area of Particularly Attractive Countryside from damaging and incongruous replacement dwellings or extensions respectively. The proposal also conflicts with Policies ST/1, EV/1 and CT/1, which seek generally to protect the countryside from unwarranted development or, otherwise, secure high standards of design, and with Strategy Policies 8, 10 and 14 of the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Structure Plan which, inter alia, seek to protect the countryside for its own sake, promote good design and conserve or enhance the character of Charnwood Forest.