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Allowed24 June 20253358001

Tidcombe Hall, Tidcombe Lane, Tiverton, EX16 4EJ

Planning appeal 3358001 at Tidcombe Hall, Tidcombe Lane, Tiverton, EX16 4EJ (Mid Devon District Council) was allowed on 24 June 2025 by Inspector Gilbert-Wooldridge T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to the development plan for Tiverton.

Outline application, with all matters reserved bar the main point of access and its associated works, for the conversion of Tidcombe Hall and outbuildings and the erection of dwellings to provide up to 100 dwellings in total, provision of community growing areas, public open space, associated infrastructure and ancillary works

Authority
Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Gilbert-Wooldridge T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to the development plan for Tiverton
  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
  • the effect of the proposed development on the significance and setting of the Grand Western Canal Conservation Area, the Grade II listed buildings known as Tidcombe Farm and Tidcombe Bridge, and the non-designated heritage asset known as Tidcombe Hall
  • whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing and other infrastructure requirements
  • the overall planning balance, having regard to any relevant material considerations including any proposed benefits

What decided it

The significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, engaged by the Council's inability to demonstrate a five year housing land supply and the resulting tilted balance, outweighed the moderate adverse impacts and less than substantial heritage harm.

the significant weight afforded to market and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate heritage and economic benefits, outweighed the moderate-weighted adverse impacts on locational suitability, character and appearance, and heritage significance, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d) applied and the appeal was allowed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1(a)Policy S1(e)Policy S1(i)Policy S1(m)Policy S2Policy S3Policy S3(b)Policy S3(d)Policy S4Policy S5Policy S8Policy S9(e)Policy S9(g)Policy S10Policy S14Policy DM1(c)Policy DM3Policy DM25(a)Policy DM25(d)Policy TIV13Policy TIV13(a)Policy TIV13(b)Policy TIV13(d)Policy TIV15(h)TNP Policy T1TNP Policy T2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 58Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215
Judgments
Barnwell Manor v East Northamptonshire DC [2014] EWCA Civ 137

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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