®Planning appeal decision
Meadowside, Eworthy, Germansweek, EX21 5AH
the material change of use of the land from agriculture/woodland use to a mixed use comprising agriculture/woodland and use for tourism/leisure, including the use of a tree house for letting purposes and the use of a summer house in association with tourism/leisure use
- Authority
- West Devon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A ground (a): whether the location of the development accords with policies in the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan which seek to restrict tourism development in the countryside to minimise the need to travel unless an identifiable need has been adequately demonstrated
- Appeal B: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded
What decided it
The operational immunity of the tree house and summer house buildings under s171B(1), combined with the characterisation of the development as low-impact tourism, outweighed the policy objections to tourism development in an unsustainable countryside location.
Plan policies cited: SPT1, DEV15
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