The Stables, Ledstone, KINGSBRIDGE, TQ7 2HQ

the change of use from the existing stable building (agriculture) to commercial

Authority: South Hams District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Faulkner H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site represents an appropriate location for a commercial use, having regard to its accessibility to settlements and services and local plan policy on development in the countryside
whether the road network is suitable to serve the proposed development, and whether the scheme makes adequate provision for on-site parking in the interests of highway safety

What decided it

The isolated nature of the building and its reliance on private car access for a commercial use makes it an inappropriate location that conflicts with the development plan's requirements for sustainable development and sustainable rural communities.

Framework references: 88

Plan policies cited: Policy TTV1, Policy SPT1, Policy SPT2, Policy TTV26, Policy TTV27, Policy DEV15, Policy DEV29

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.