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Briar Hill Farm, Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Devon, PL8 1AR
Planning appeal 3341153 at Briar Hill Farm, Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Devon, PL8 1AR (South Hams District Council) was dismissed on 20 November 2024 by Inspector Pipkin R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development meets an identified and essential local need to justify its countryside location.
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
- Postcode
- PL8 1AR
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy N3P-1Policy N3P-13Policy N3P-6Policy N3P-1(c)Policy N3P-9Policy SPT1Policy SPT2Policy TTV1Policy TTV26Policy DEV15Policy DEV24Policy DEV23Policy DEV25Policy DEV35
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.