®Planning appeal decision
Land at Culm Springs, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1GY
Without planning permission, the erection of a single storey building (“the Development”) in the approximate position shown shaded blue on the attached plan. The building looks like and appears to have been designed as a dwelling house
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Curnow R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the bungalow lies in an appropriate location for residential development
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- If the dwelling is to be allowed on the basis of the removal of one of the caravans from the land, how might this removal be achieved
What decided it
The dwelling was found not to be in an appropriate location for residential development, breaching Policies S14 and DM10 of the development plan.
The harm to the character and appearance of the rural landscape was not outweighed by any benefit, as the development was unauthorised and unjustified by housing policy, and the fallback of replacing caravans was given little weight as merely theoretical.
Plan policies cited: Policy S14, Policy DM10, Policy DM8, Policy DM1
Judgments cited: Caldwell v SoSHLUC and Buckinghamshire Council [2023] EWHC 2053 (Admin); Sage v SSETR & Maidstone BC [2003] UKHL 22; Robert Fidler v SSCLG and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council [2010] EWHC 143 (Admin)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.