®Planning appeal decision
Land To The South Of Pitts Cleave Quarry, , Tavistock, PL19 0NT
erection of a sustainable dwelling
- Authority
- Dartmoor
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for housing, with particular regard to the local development strategy
What decided it
The appeal site is located in open countryside outside any settlement and does not accord with the strategic housing location policies that restrict residential development to Local Centres, Rural Settlements, or Villages and Hamlets, and the Authority can demonstrate a five-year supply of housing sites.
The modest scale of the proposal, biodiversity benefits from woodland management, personal circumstances of the appellant, and provision of housing were outweighed by the conflict with the development plan and the Authority's ability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply.
Framework references: 84, 89, 109
Plan policies cited: Strategic Policy 1.1, Strategic Policy 1.2, Strategic Policy 3.1, Strategic Policy 3.3, Strategic Policy 3.4, Strategic Policy 3.5, Strategic Policy 3.6, Strategic Policy 3.9, Strategic Policy 3.12
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.