®Planning appeal decision
Staines Trailers Ltd, Huntshaw Barton, Huntshaw, TORRINGTON, EX38 7HH
(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
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.
Framework references: 111, 201, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy ST07, Policy DM14, Policy ST11, Policy ST14, Policy ST15, Policy DM07, Policy DM05
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.