®Planning appeal decision
Land at SX 875 510, Jawbones Hill, Dartmouth, TQ6 9RN
the creation of a 14 bay car park and associated landscaping works
- Authority
- South Hams District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Wyborn D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to the location within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB)
- whether or not the development plan would support the proposed car park in this location, having regard to the location within the countryside and Undeveloped Coast
What decided it
The sensitive design of the car park with appropriate landscaping and retaining walls would integrate satisfactorily into the landscape and AONB, and the demonstrable local parking need for residents in the surrounding area justified the location within the Undeveloped Coast.
The modest visual change and landscape impact of the car park, when sensitively designed and landscaped, was outweighed by the benefit of meeting a demonstrable local parking need for residents in the surrounding streets with limited off-road parking provision.
Plan policies cited: Policy DEV23, Policy DEV24, Policy DEV25, Policy TTV26
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.