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

Planning appeal 3318248 at Holme Field, Silver Street, Kentisbeare, Devon, EX15 2BW (Mid Devon District Council) was allowed on 11 December 2023 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is in a suitable location for the development having regard to local and national policies.

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
Postcode: EX15 2BW

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S14Policy S13Policy S1Policy DM1Policy DM3Policy DM5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 80Paragraph 79Paragraph 60
Judgments: Braintree DC v SSLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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