Planning appeal decision
Barn to the Rear of the Cheese Shop, Station Road, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9AL
Planning appeal 3354451 at Barn to the Rear of the Cheese Shop, Station Road, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9AL (Teignbridge District Council) was dismissed on 19 May 2025 by Inspector Kent R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal makes suitable provision for the parking of vehicles with reference to highway safety.
Change of use from a storage barn into a single storey dwelling
- Authority
- Teignbridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kent R
- Postcode
- TQ13 9AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal makes suitable provision for the parking of vehicles with reference to highway safety
What decided it
The proposal fails to make suitable provision for parking of vehicles within the designated Parking Policy Zone, conflicting with Policies T4 and T6 of the Bovey Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022, and would likely exacerbate existing on-street parking problems including obstruction of footways and access difficulties for emergency vehicles.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Bovey Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022 Policy T4Bovey Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022 Policy T5Bovey Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022 Policy T6
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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