®Planning appeal decision
Briar Hill Farm, Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Devon, PL8 1AR
Extension to existing holiday park comprising construction of ten holiday lodges and associated drive access, parking and landscaping (including new native tree and shrub planting, creation of new extensive wildflower meadow and related biodiversity enhancements) together with provision of two new publicly accessible electric vehicle fast charging points, addition of solar panels to existing outbuilding and re-siting of gas tanks
- Authority
- South Hams District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Pipkin R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development meets an identified and essential local need to justify its countryside location
- whether the proposed development provides satisfactory surface water drainage
- the effect of the proposal on landscape character, including the South Devon National Landscape, Undeveloped Coast and Heritage Coast areas
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate an identified and essential local need to justify development in the countryside location, combined with inadequate evidence of satisfactory surface water drainage provision, meant the proposal conflicted with the development plan and the benefits did not outweigh the harm.
Plan policies cited: Policy N3P-1, Policy N3P-13, Policy N3P-6, Policy N3P-1(c), Policy N3P-9, Policy SPT1, Policy SPT2, Policy TTV1, Policy TTV26, Policy DEV15, Policy DEV24, Policy DEV23, Policy DEV25, Policy DEV35
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.