Pumping Station, Uton, Crediton, EX17 3PR

Planning appeal 3355988 at Pumping Station, Uton, Crediton, EX17 3PR (Mid Devon District Council) was dismissed on 27 May 2025 by Inspector Rose C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 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
Postcode: EX17 3PR

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S1Policy S10Policy S13Policy S14Policy S9
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 88Paragraph 89Paragraph 174Paragraph 176

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