Planning appeal decision
Bicton Inn, 5 Bicton Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2RU
Planning appeal 3270924 at Bicton Inn, 5 Bicton Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2RU (East Devon District Council) was dismissed on 13 July 2021 by Inspector Tucker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 04 (preventing use of the external yard/smoking area by customers after 10:00pm) is necessary to safeguard the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential dwellings.
Yard/smoking area and installation of new door
- Authority
- East Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Tucker A
- Postcode
- EX8 2RU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 04 (preventing use of the external yard/smoking area by customers after 10:00pm) is necessary to safeguard the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential dwellings
What decided it
The condition is necessary and proportionate to protect the living conditions of nearby residents from significant noise and odour impacts, and meets all the statutory tests for conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D1 (Design and Local Distinctiveness)Policy EN14 (Control of Pollution)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 55
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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