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Planning permission granted4 April 20243326723

Beech Court, Buckland-In-The-Moor, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7HP

Planning appeal 3326723 at Beech Court, Buckland-In-The-Moor, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7HP (Dartmoor) was allowed on 4 April 2024 by Inspector Wraight G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker.

Without planning permission: The material change of use of the Land from an equine use to a mixed use of equine and residential use and the siting of a shepherds hut in the approximate position marked with blue hatching on the Plan

Authority
Dartmoor
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Change of use
Inspector
Wraight G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Dartmoor National Park

What decided it

The clear benefit of enabling the equestrian business to become established, together with the practical uncertainty and risk associated with relying on an unauthorised touring caravan solution for foaling periods, outweighed the conflict with Policy 3.9 of the development plan.

The clear benefit of establishing the rural business and the risks arising from reliance on an uncertain touring caravan solution outweighed the conflict with Policy 3.9 and the development plan, leading to a temporary three-year permission being granted.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 3.9Policy 1.1Policy 1.2Policy 1.3Policy 1.5Policy 2.1Policy 3.1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 88Paragraph 84
Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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