®Planning appeal decision
Verbeer Manor, Willand, CULLOMPTON, EX15 2PE
the conversion of existing redundant bar and restaurant into 3 self contained high quality apartments
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pope N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposals would preserve the Grade II listed building known as Verbeer Manor or its setting or its features of special architectural or historic interest
- Whether the proposal would be likely to result in any harmful loss of employment premises
- Whether proposed Flat 8 would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, having particular regard to likely room temperatures
What decided it
The failure of proposed Flat 8 to provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, particularly regarding room temperature fluctuations and privacy due to extensive glazing, when weighed against the heritage benefits and housing contribution, resulted in the planning balance tipping against granting planning permission.
The public benefit of securing the re-use of the designated heritage asset and the small contribution to housing supply would be sufficient to outweigh the loss of employment premises, but when the likely inadequate living conditions for occupiers of Flat 8 are also weighed, the planning balance tips against granting planning permission.
Plan policies cited: DM1, DM9, DM19, DM25
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.