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Split Decision8 August 20253359940

Tadpoles, Longmeadow Road, Lympstone, EX8 5LF

Planning appeal 3359940 at Tadpoles, Longmeadow Road, Lympstone, EX8 5LF (East Devon District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 August 2025 by Inspector Kay D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

a new storage building to front of property (not retrospective) and retrospective permission for a small section of garden terrace

Authority
East Devon District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Kay D
Postcode
EX8 5LF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect of the proposal on the setting of the Grade II Listed Building 'Rogues Roost'
  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of The Wood House with regard to overlooking

What decided it

The storage building and boundary fence to the front would introduce incongruous solid development in front of the building line and harm the setting of the listed building, with no public benefits to outweigh the less than substantial harm identified.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Strategy 48Policy D1Policy EN9Policy 7 of the Lympstone Neighbourhood Plan
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 215Paragraph 16

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