Planning appeal decision
Chardanay, Road From Cross Park To Venn Cross, Woodland, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7JT
Planning appeal 3287571 at Chardanay, Road From Cross Park To Venn Cross, Woodland, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7JT (Teignbridge District Council) was dismissed on 15 February 2022 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether planning permission should be granted for the unauthorised change of use of land to storage of mobile homes, caravans and vehicles, and the formation of hardstanding, having regard to impact on character and appearance, highway safety, and compliance with development plan policies.
Appeal A: unauthorised change of use of land from agricultural to storage of mobile homes, caravans, vehicles and other items; Appeal B: unauthorised formation of hardstanding
- Authority
- Teignbridge District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TQ13 7JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether planning permission should be granted for the unauthorised change of use of land to storage of mobile homes, caravans and vehicles, and the formation of hardstanding, having regard to impact on character and appearance, highway safety, and compliance with development plan policies
What decided it
The development would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the open countryside through the visual impact of 12 mobile homes and caravans in a landscape character area of high sensitivity, and inadequate information was provided to assess highway safety implications.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S22Policy EN2APolicy S1Policy S2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 111
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Teignbridge
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed13 January 20263363601Land North Of Haldon Race Course Ngr 290438 83916 , Kennford , Devon, EX6 7XA
- Notice upheld2 September 202533489591 Brook Street, Dawlish, EX7 9AB
- Notice upheld1 May 20253344821Hathorn House, 6A Forde Park, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1DF
- Dismissed10 September 20243337671Charlecombe Farm, Combeinteignhead, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4RE
- Dismissed27 August 20243334075Chapel Cottage, Whitestone, Exeter, EX4 2JJ
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®