Higher Narracott, Exbourne, OKEHAMPTON, EX20 3QX

erection of a replacement dwelling

Authority: West Devon Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hunter A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the proximity of services, the character and appearance of the area and the suitability of the highway network
Whether the proposal would accord with local policies concerned with housing provision and sustainable rural communities
Whether the proposal would comply with policies that seek to deliver low carbon development

What decided it

The proposal would introduce development into an isolated, undeveloped countryside location with considerably greater harm to rural character than the viable fallback position of converting the existing hay barn, and would fail to address identified local housing needs.

Plan policies cited: Policy TTV1, Policy TTV26, Policy SPT1, Policy SPT2, Policy TTV2, Policy DEV20, Policy DEV23, Policy DEV28, Policy DEV29, Policy DEV8, Policy DEV32

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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