®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld18 December 20253353701
Land Northwest of the Old Station, Horrabridge, PL20 7RQ
Erection of storage building for forestry
- Authority
- Dartmoor
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Curnow R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: Whether the proposed forestry storage building would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 6, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- Appeal B Ground (c): Whether the alleged breaches constitute a breach of planning control
- Appeal B Ground (f): Whether the enforcement notice should be quashed or varied
What decided it
In Appeal A, the lack of a detailed woodland management plan or sufficient evidence demonstrating the reasonable necessity of the building for forestry purposes. In Appeal B, the distinction between the hardstanding (reasonably necessary for safe access and parking for forestry contractors) and the container (operational development requiring prior approval that was not obtained).
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.