®Planning appeal decision
Land at Blackboards AKA Wolfs Meadows Farm, High Bickington, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9BE
without planning permission and within the last 10 years, the change of use of the land to a mixed use incorporating residential use comprising of the use of a Motor Home for human habitation identified on the Schedule attached to this notice as Appendix B
- Authority
- Torridge District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is an essential functional need for a temporary resident worker
- Whether the occupants of the mobile home would be in danger at times of flood
- Whether the use of the existing access would be prejudicial to highway safety
- Whether the compliance period should be varied from one year to 18 months
What decided it
The absence of an essential need for a temporary dwelling due to the enterprise lacking an agricultural building, combined with the absence of a safe escape route in flood events, outweighed the acceptable highway impacts.
Framework references: 111, 164
Plan policies cited: Policy ST07, Policy DM28, Policy ST03, Policy DM04
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