Holme Field, Silver Street, Kentisbeare, Devon, EX15 2BW

the erection of two dwellings

Authority: Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Pickernell E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is in a suitable location for the development having regard to local and national policies

What decided it

The site's strong visual connection with the built form of the village, its clear separation from open countryside, and its accessibility to village services and facilities meant that the proposal would not significantly undermine the spatial strategy of the development plan despite the partial conflict with Policy S14.

The small benefit to housing supply and social and economic benefits from two dwellings, combined with the proposal's compliance with the development plan as a whole and non-conflict with the aims of the spatial strategy, outweighed the partial conflict with Policy S14 on settlement boundary grounds.

Framework references: 80, 79, 60

Plan policies cited: Policy S14, Policy S13, Policy S1, Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM5

Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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