Land at Timbers Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DW

full planning permission for highway improvements to Timbers Road

Authority: Dartmoor
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Spencer-Peet A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposed development would meet identified local needs in terms of affordable housing (Appeal A)
Whether or not adequate information has been provided in respect of surface water drainage (Appeals A and B)
The effect of the proposed development on South Hams Special Area of Conservation (the SAC) (Appeals A and B)

What decided it

The proposal under Appeal A conflicts with the development plan's requirements for an up-to-date housing needs assessment and a suitable mix of affordable housing types, and Appeal B lacks adequate information on surface water drainage; these conflicts with the development plan, to which significant weight is attached, outweigh the benefits of housing and highway improvements.

The significant weight given to the conflict with development plan policies outweighed the significant weight given to the cumulative benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing provision, economic benefits, and highway improvements.

Plan policies cited: Strategic Policy 3.1, Strategic Policy 3.2, Strategic Policy 3.3, Strategic Policy 2.5, Strategic Policy 2.2, Strategic Policy 2.3, Proposal 7.6, Dartmoor Local Plan 2018-2036

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