Exeridge Farmhouse, Exeridge Farm Road From Hamslade Cross To Oakford Bridge, Bampton, Devon, EX16 9JA

Planning appeal 3325463 at Exeridge Farmhouse, Exeridge Farm Road From Hamslade Cross To Oakford Bridge, Bampton, Devon, EX16 9JA (Mid Devon District Council) was allowed on 21 March 2024 by Inspector Marigold O, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition (e) is enforceable and necessary, having regard to planning policies which seek to restrict housing development in the countryside.

the erection of a farmhouse at Part O.S. 7352, Valeridge, Oakford Bridge, Oakford without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 4/39/80/1078, dated 17 June 1980

Authority: Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Marigold O
Postcode: EX16 9JA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether condition (e) is enforceable and necessary, having regard to planning policies which seek to restrict housing development in the countryside

What decided it

Condition (e) was found to be unenforceable in practice, which meant it could not lawfully be retained under Framework paragraph 56 regardless of its policy necessity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S14Policy DM8
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 56Paragraph 84
Judgments: R (Ocado Retail Ltd) v Islington LBC [2021] EWHC 1509 (Admin); Castell-y-Mynach Estate v Secretary of State for Wales [1985] JPL 40

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