Garden Mill, Derby Road, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1SA

a residential development of 32 dwellings without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Refs 28/1560/15/O APP/K1128/W/16/3156062, dated 5 June 2017 and 0826/20/ARM dated 21 December 2020

Authority: South Hams District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Nicholls H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal scheme would provide a suitable housing mix to meet identified needs
whether the appeal scheme represents good design, with particular regard to parking and outdoor amenity space

What decided it

The scheme's failure to provide a suitable housing mix to meet identified local housing needs, conflicting with Policies SPT2 and DEV8 of the JLP and Policy H2 of the eNP.

the limited additional public benefits of the appeal scheme (one extra affordable home and increased accessible homes) were not sufficient to outweigh the identified harm from the housing mix conflict and parking design shortcomings, so the appeal was dismissed

Plan policies cited: Policy SPT2, Policy DEV8, Policy SPT1, Policy DEV10, Policy DEV20, Policy DEV29, Policy DEV26, Policy H2, Policy T3

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