®Planning appeal decision
Woodbury, Acadia Road, Wellswood, TORQUAY, TQ1 2PY
described on the application form as ‘re-instatement of 3no. existing flats into 1no. single family dwelling and associated works, retention of existing boundary fence, widening of existing vehicular entrance and erection of sin gle detached garage following demolition of 20th century side addition.’1 Appeal B: APP/X1165/Y/22/3310021 Woodbury, Acadia Road, Wellswood, Torquay TQ1 2PY
- Authority
- Torbay Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bristow T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on historic significance
What decided it
The retention of the existing metal boundary fence as timber clad (rather than as bare metal) was the decisive factor that allowed appeals A and B, as this neutralised the harm to historic significance while permitting the beneficial internal and external works to restore the property to single dwelling use.
The substantial heritage benefits of removing mid-twentieth century subdivision alterations and restoring the property to its original single dwelling use outweighed the limited harm of the existing metal fence, provided it was timber clad; the neutral housing supply implications (as the property had been occupied as a single dwelling since circa 1998-2002, predating the development plan) did not weigh against the scheme.
Framework references: 11, 167, 189, 199, 200, 201
Plan policies cited: TLP policy HE1, TLP policy SS10, TLP policy ER1, TNP policy TH10, TNP policy TE5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.