®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed20 January 20253346884
Gulworthy Farm, TAVISTOCK, PL19 8JQ
the conversion of a redundant traditional barn to a residential dwelling
- 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 appeal 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 significance of heritage assets in particular, the appeal building and the setting of the World Heritage Site
- Whether the unilateral undertaking is complete and legally sound and the consequences for nature conservation interests/biodiversity within the Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area
What decided it
The incomplete and legally unsound unilateral undertaking meant the necessary mitigation for recreational impacts on protected nature conservation sites could not be secured, resulting in a likely significant adverse effect on biodiversity that outweighed the otherwise acceptable proposal.
Plan policies cited: TTV26, TTV26.1, TTV26.2, DEV29, DEV21, SPT14, DEV25, DEV8, DEV32
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.