®Planning appeal decision
Dolphin Inn, Fore Street, Kenton, EXETER, EX6 8LD
Sub-division of part of the public house to form a new dwelling
- Authority
- Teignbridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Gethin T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the public house use would be of sufficient quality
- The safety of future occupiers of the proposed development during flooding, with particular regard to access and egress
What decided it
The lack of safe access and egress to the reconfigured flat during flooding, combined with the unacceptable quality of the public house resulting from sole access via the pub, both representing clear conflicts with the development plan that the proposal's benefits could not overcome.
The social, economic and environmental benefits of reopening the pub and providing housing were outweighed by the significant safety issue of flood risk access and the harm to public house quality from the proposed internal layout, with the development plan conflicts being decisive.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy WE12, Policy K HW1, Policy EN4, Policy EN9, Policy EN10
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.