®Planning appeal decision
Land at Stonehanger Court, Devon Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8HJ
a two-storey house
- Authority
- South Hams District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Heward H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would increase the likelihood of significant works to trees subject of a TPO and, if so, whether this would cause harm to the landscape and scenic beauty of the South Devon National Landscape
What decided it
The Inspector concluded that the Council's concern about future pressure for works to the protected trees, and consequent harm to the National Landscape, was not sufficiently justified on the arboricultural and risk evidence.
The benefits of delivering a needed two-bedroom dwelling in a sustainable location weighed in favour, and as the alleged harm to protected trees and the National Landscape was not substantiated, nothing weighed against the proposal, so it accorded with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 61, 136, 189, 198
Plan policies cited: Policy TTV1, Policy SPT2(4), Policy DEV8(1), Policy SALC H3, Policy SALC H2, Policy DEV28, Policy SALC Env5, Policy SALC B1
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.