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Allowed15 December 20253354578

Land At Ngr 282175 76309, Newton Road, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9DU

Planning appeal 3354578 at Land At Ngr 282175 76309, Newton Road, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9DU (Teignbridge District Council) was allowed on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Jones M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on biodiversity, with particular regard to biodiversity net gain and the protection of locally important and priority habitats.

9 gypsy pitches with access, provision of services and utilities, and landscape management plan including replanting and biodiversity enhancement

Authority
Teignbridge District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Jones M
Postcode
TQ13 9DU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on biodiversity, with particular regard to biodiversity net gain and the protection of locally important and priority habitats
  • the integrity of the South Hams Special Area of Conservation (the SAC), with reference to its Landscape Connectivity Zone
  • the question of the need for and supply of gypsy and traveller sites

What decided it

The significant unmet need for gypsy and traveller pitches (48 pitches needed 2022-2026) and the absence of a five-year supply, combined with modest biodiversity harm that would occur anyway through the site's eventual mineral extraction, tipped the balance in favour of permission under the tilted balance test.

the adverse biodiversity impacts of the scheme would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the contribution the site would make to gypsy and traveller provision, and the scheme represents sustainable development for which the Framework establishes a presumption in favour

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S22Policy EN8Policy EN9Policy EN10Policy EN11Policy WE6Policy LE4Policy LE7Policy LE17Policy H2 of the Devon Minerals Plan
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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