®Planning appeal decision
Alston Hall, Holbeton, PLYMOUTH, PL8 1HN
construction of six accessible holiday lodges and associated landscaping and biodiversity enhancements
- Authority
- South Hams District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the development would accord with local policies that seek to locate tourism facilities close to sustainable settlements and where the need to travel by private vehicle is minimised
- the effects of the proposal on the setting of the Non-Designated Heritage Asset (NDHA), Alston Hall
What decided it
The location and nature of the development conflicts with the development plan's sustainability and rural tourism policies, and the moderate benefits of the scheme are insufficient to outweigh this conflict with the plan taken as a whole.
The minor harm to the significance of the NDHA was marginally outweighed by economic benefits and landscaping enhancements when considered in isolation, but the conflict with development plan policies on sustainable location and rural tourism could not be overcome by these moderate benefits.
Plan policies cited: Policy SPT1, Policy SPT2, Policy TTV1, Policy TTV2, Policy DEV15, Policy DEV21
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.