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Notice upheld22 June 20223277745

Staines Trailers Ltd, Huntshaw Barton, Huntshaw, Torrington, EX38 7HH

Planning appeal 3277745 at Staines Trailers Ltd, Huntshaw Barton, Huntshaw, Torrington, EX38 7HH (Torridge District Council) was dismissed on 22 June 2022 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the development on the character and appearance of the area.

(1) Without planning permission and within the last four years, unauthorised operational development consisting of engineering works to level the Land and the laying of stone and hard core on the area shown hatched in blue on the attached Location Plan; and (2) Without planning permission and within the last ten years, the unauthorised change of use of the land from agricultural to the mixed use of Use Class B2 (General Industrial) and Use Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) on the area shown hatched in blue on the attached Location Plan

Authority
Torridge District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector
Curnow R
Postcode
EX38 7HH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • The setting of listed buildings
  • The living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring dwellings, by way of noise generation
  • Highway safety

What decided it

The significant harm to the character and appearance of the landscape and the less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II* listed Church of St Mary Magdalene, which together outweigh the public benefits of the business.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ST07Policy DM14Policy ST11Policy ST14Policy ST15Policy DM07Policy DM05
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 111Paragraph 201Paragraph 202

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