Pewson Barton, Road From Upcott Cross To Furzepark Cross, Dowland, WINKLEIGH, EX19 8PG

six holiday pods, sewerage treatment plant and change of use of agricultural building to covered parking for visitors (affecting public right of way)

Authority: Torridge District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Nicholls H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the tourism proposal would represent an acceptable farm diversification scheme in accordance with development plan policies relating to the same

What decided it

The proposal's failure to satisfy Policy DM15(a) and (b) - being out of scale with the farm enterprise and not fully exploring reuse of existing buildings - resulted in conflict with the development plan as a whole which the public benefits did not outweigh.

The economic benefits of the tourism diversification scheme did not amount to a consideration of sufficient materiality to outweigh the conflict with the development plan as a whole

Framework references: 80

Plan policies cited: Policy ST07, Policy DM18, Policy DM15

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