Planning appeal decision
Ross Park Homes Ltd Park Hill Farm Moor Road, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5TT
Planning appeal 3288187 at Ross Park Homes Ltd Park Hill Farm Moor Road, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5TT (Teignbridge District Council) was allowed on 16 March 2022 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded.
Existing use of the land for the siting of caravans without complying with condition 2 of planning permission 93/2752/15/3 and condition 3 of planning permission 96/2562/15/4
- Authority
- Teignbridge District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TQ12 5TT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded
What decided it
The statutory declaration evidence that caravans had remained on site for periods exceeding one month during every winter season since 1996, establishing a continuous breach of the conditions for more than ten years and thus immunity from enforcement action.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
- Judgments
- Newbury DC v SSE & Others [1980] 2WLR [1981] AC 578
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.
®