Dolphin Inn, Fore Street, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8LD

Planning appeal 3320229 at Dolphin Inn, Fore Street, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8LD (Teignbridge District Council) was dismissed on 30 October 2023 by Inspector Gethin T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the public house use would be of sufficient quality.

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
Postcode: EX6 8LD

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy WE12Policy K HW1Policy EN4Policy EN9Policy EN10
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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