Land at Swinedown, Near Manaton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9XQ

an agricultural storage building to provide covered storage for hay, straw, and machinery at Swinedown measuring 75' x 45' to match existing building

Authority: Dartmoor
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Walker K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GPDO, having regard to matters of siting, design and external appearance

What decided it

The siting and design of the proposed development would form an unduly prominent and uncharacteristic feature in the landscape, unacceptably harming the landscape character and visual qualities of Dartmoor National Park when viewed from surrounding access land, public highways and public rights of way.

Plan policies cited: Strategic Policy 1.1, Strategic Policy 1.2, Strategic Policy 1.5, Strategic Policy 2.1, Policy 5.8

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