®Planning appeal decision
Land at Hartnolls Farm, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 4PZ
outline planning application for the extension to the existing business park for up to 3.9ha of employment land and up to 150 residential dwellings with associated open space and infrastructure (with means of access to be determined only)
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Housden S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the appeal proposal would be in a suitable location having regard to the policies for the location of development in the Local Plan, including in particular Policies S1, S2 and S14.
What decided it
The site's location outside the Tiverton settlement limit conflicted with Policies S2 and S14 of the Local Plan, and this conflict with the development plan as a whole was not outweighed by the scheme's benefits.
The significant weight given to housing delivery and biodiversity net gain, together with moderate weight for economic and renewable energy benefits and limited weight for the TEUE secondary access, did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan's settlement strategy under Policies S2 and S14, so the balance tipped against the proposal.
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S3, Policy S4, Policies S10 – S13, Policy S14, Policies TIV1 – TIV5, Policy TIV13, Policy TIV15, Policy DM15, Policy DM17, Policy DM18, Policy DM25, Policy DM26, Policy T1 (Tiverton Neighbourhood Plan)
Judgments cited: Tesco Stores Limited v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13
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