Planning appeal decision
10 Manor Drive, Chagford, Newton Abbot, TQ13 8BH
Planning appeal 3278309 at 10 Manor Drive, Chagford, Newton Abbot, TQ13 8BH (Dartmoor) was allowed on 30 November 2021 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and wider area of the Dartmoor National Park.
addition of a low pitched roof to an existing garage to provide some limited additional habitable accommodation
- Authority
- Dartmoor
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
- Postcode
- TQ13 8BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and wider area of the Dartmoor National Park
What decided it
The amended roof design, which reduced the building's height and improved its visual character while preserving the wider Dartmoor National Park landscape, enabled the proposal to comply with development plan policies on character and appearance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy COR4DMD Policy DMD4DMD Policy DMD5DMD Policy DMD7DMD Policy DMD24
- Judgments
- Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [1982]
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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