Pumping Station, Uton, Crediton, EX17 3PR

the retention of works already carried out, this being the construction of a private workshop and storage building

Authority: Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Rose C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the workshop and storage building with particular regard to the local development strategy and national planning policy
the effect of the development on flood risk
the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The development fails to satisfy the Sequential Test for flood risk and conflicts with the local development strategy by locating a private workshop and storage building in the countryside outside defined settlements where it does not meet the criteria for appropriate rural development.

Framework references: 88, 89, 174, 176

Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S10, Policy S13, Policy S14, Policy S9

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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