®Planning appeal decision
Land & buildings (at entrance to Haven Lea), Cheriton Bishop, Exeter, Devon, EX6 6JD
demolition of existing builders workshop and store, change of use of the yard to residential and construction of 1 in no. dwelling
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site's location accords with local and national policies which seek to locate housing in a manner that minimises the need to travel by private vehicle and maintain the character of the countryside
What decided it
The site's location 1.2 kilometres outside the defined settlement limit in the countryside, where the proposal does not accord with Policy S14's limited categories of permissible residential development and is not physically well-related to the existing settlement such that it would constitute sustainable development.
The benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits from construction and occupation, minor aesthetic improvement to the site, and biodiversity net gains were not collectively capable of outweighing the conflict with the development plan, particularly given the district's sufficient five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 127, 85, 80
Plan policies cited: Policy S3, Policy S13, Policy S14
Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSCLG [2018] EWCA Civ; City of Edinburgh v Secretary of State for Scotland [1997] 1 W.L.R. 1447
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