land at Peters Marland, AKA The Yard, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8QH

Without planning permission and within the last four years, operational development comprising the construction and use of a dwellinghouse in the approximate position marked as “1” on the attached plan and shown in Appendix B

Authority: Torridge District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Graham J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the enforcement notice was issued within the time limit available to the Council for taking enforcement action (ground d)
Whether planning permission ought to be granted for the construction and use of a dwellinghouse (ground a)

What decided it

The construction of a dwellinghouse on the appeal site is at odds with Local Plan Policy ST07 for countryside development, and there are no material considerations of sufficient weight to overcome this conflict with the development plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy ST07 of the North Devon and Torridge Local Plan 2011-2031

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