®Planning appeal decision
Greenhayes, Road From Little Pacehayne To Park Cottage, Shute, EX13 7QE
conversion of redundant agricultural building to form 1 no dwellinghouse, demolition of adjacent metal shed, provision of associated parking area and planting of new native hedgerow
- Authority
- East Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location of the development accords with local and national policies that seek to restrict development in the countryside and reduce the need to travel by private car
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply combined with the out-of-date status of Policy D8 and the application of the tilted balance, whereby the modest harm from the unsustainable location does not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and building reuse.
The modest harm from the unsustainable location and reliance on private vehicles does not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the public benefits of reusing a suitable building, creating a dwelling to add to the local housing stock, and related social and economic benefits, particularly in the context of the current deficiency in housing land supply.
Framework references: 80, 84, 105, 11
Plan policies cited: Strategy 5B, Policy TC2, Strategy 7, Policy D8
Judgments cited: City and Country Bramshill Ltd v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 320; Braintree DC v SSLG Greyread Ltd & Granville Devs Ltd [2017] EWHC 2743 (Admin); [2018] EWHC Civ 610
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