®Planning appeal decision
Greenhayes, Road From Little Pacehayne To Park Cottage, Shute, EX13 7QE
Planning appeal 3294599 at Greenhayes, Road From Little Pacehayne To Park Cottage, Shute, EX13 7QE (East Devon District Council) was allowed on 4 October 2022 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- EX13 7QE
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The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply combined with the out-of-date status of Policy D8 and the application of the tilted balance, whereby the modest harm from the unsustainable location does not significantly and demonstrably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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategy 5BPolicy TC2Strategy 7Policy D8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80Paragraph 84Paragraph 105Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- 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
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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