Planning appeal decision
Four Winds, Devon Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8HJ
Planning appeal 3350818 at Four Winds, Devon Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8HJ (South Hams District Council) was allowed on 6 March 2025 by Inspector Hills J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying conditions 2 and 3 would have on the character and appearance of the area.
readvertisement: amendments to permission 41/1840/06/F for changes of design for two new dwellings” without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 41/2322/11/F, dated 6 September 2011
- Authority
- South Hams District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hills J
- Postcode
- TQ8 8HJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying conditions 2 and 3 would have on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposed design changes and material finishes do not materially diminish the quality of the development and are sympathetic to the character and appearance of the National Landscape area, thereby complying with the statutory purposes and Framework guidance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DEV20DEV25B1Env1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 140
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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