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Dismissed24 June 20213269036

Park Crescent, Cambridge Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4FW

Planning appeal 3269036 at Park Crescent, Cambridge Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4FW (Torbay Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2021 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, and whether it would preserve the setting of the adjacent Grade II listed Park Crescent or preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the St Marychurch Conservation Area.

construction of one new dwelling

Authority
Torbay Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Nicholls H
Postcode
TQ1 4FW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, and whether it would preserve the setting of the adjacent Grade II listed Park Crescent or preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the St Marychurch Conservation Area
  • the effects on the living conditions of occupiers of Park Crescent with regards to the availability of outdoor amenity space and disturbance from the use of the adjoining access
  • the suitability of the access to the site in terms of emergency access
  • the effects of tree removals
  • whether there would be adequate biodiversity enhancement measures

What decided it

The harm to the significance of designated heritage assets, which attracts great weight, combined with harm to character and appearance, living conditions, trees and biodiversity, outweighed the benefit of delivering one additional dwelling to address the housing land supply shortfall.

the benefits of delivering one dwelling and contributing to the housing land supply shortfall were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the significance of designated heritage assets (which attracts great weight), harm to character and appearance, harm to living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, loss of trees and failure to deliver biodiversity net gain

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DE1Policy HE1Policy SS10Policy DE3Policy C4Policy NC1Policy TA2Policy TH8Policy TE5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 196Paragraph 11

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