35 Polsham Park, Paignton, TQ3 2AD

Planning appeal 3302914 at 35 Polsham Park, Paignton, TQ3 2AD (Torbay Council) was dismissed on 2 February 2023 by Inspector Rose C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance and historic setting of the Polsham Park Conservation Area.

for a lodge in the curtilage

Authority: Torbay Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Rose C
Postcode: TQ3 2AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance and historic setting of the Polsham Park Conservation Area
the effect of the development on the living conditions of future occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area as a designated heritage asset was not outweighed by the public benefit of providing a single additional dwelling, and the heritage protection policies engaged footnote 7 to paragraph 11 of the Framework, displacing the need to apply the tilted balance.

the less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area was not outweighed by the public benefit of the provision of a new dwelling towards housing land supply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SS10 of the Torbay Local Plan, The Plan for Torbay 2012-2030Policy PNP1 of the Paignton Neighbourhood Plan 2012-2030Policy PNP1(c) of the Paignton Neighbourhood Plan 2012-2030Policy DE3 of the Torbay Local Plan
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 202Paragraph 11

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