®Planning appeal decision
Cloberry Cottage, Brentor, Devon, PL19 0NG
the construction of a single dwelling (including ancillary buildings and SuDS feature) in the garden/amenity space of Cloberry Cottage
- Authority
- West Devon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pope N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for a new dwelling, having particular regard to national and local planning policies for housing within the countryside
- The effect upon the character and appearance of the area, including the likely impact upon trees growing within and immediately around the site
- Whether the proposal would exacerbate any imbalance in the local stock of housing
- The effect upon highway safety
- The likely effect upon nature conservation interests within the Tamar European Marine Site
What decided it
The absence of a secured mechanism to mitigate adverse effects on the Tamar SAC and SPA, combined with harm to character and appearance and highway safety concerns, meant the tilted balance could not be engaged and the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
The benefits of housing supply and economic benefits were outweighed by the harm to character and appearance, highway safety, and unmitigated adverse effects on nature conservation interests within the SAC and SPA
Plan policies cited: SPT2, TTV1, TTV2, TTV26, TTV26.1(iii), DEV8, DEV28, DEV29, DEV29.2
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.