Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacement Lemons Cottage, Road Past Riverlake Cottage, Atherington, EX37 9HY
Planning appeal 3292338 at Land Adjacement Lemons Cottage, Road Past Riverlake Cottage, Atherington, EX37 9HY (North Devon District Council) was dismissed on 14 September 2022 by Inspector Webb B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the scheme would preserve the settings of adjacent Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings.
erection of one open market dwelling and associated works
- Authority
- North Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
- Postcode
- EX37 9HY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the scheme would preserve the settings of adjacent Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings
- the effect of the development on highway safety
What decided it
The less than substantial but considerable harm to the settings of the adjacent Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings, which could not be outweighed by the limited public benefits of a single dwelling in a context of housing shortfall.
The considerable harm to the significance of the listed buildings, to which great weight must be given, outweighed the limited social and economic benefits of providing a single dwelling in the context of a housing land supply shortfall.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM07Policy ST15Policy DM05
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 202
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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