Planning appeal decision
Land to West of Crockernwell, Crockernwell, Exeter, EX6 6JE
Planning appeal 3359438 at Land to West of Crockernwell, Crockernwell, Exeter, EX6 6JE (Dartmoor) was dismissed on 11 July 2025 by Inspector Tucker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and amount of development.
erection of 5 residential units and 4 live/work units
- Authority
- Dartmoor
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Tucker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and amount of development
What decided it
The site is located in open countryside outside a classified settlement and does not accord with the spatial strategy in Dartmoor Local Plan Policy 1.3, which restricts development to specified exemptions that the proposal does not meet.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1.1Policy 1.2Policy 1.3Policy 3.1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 125
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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