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Allowed4 February 20266001376

Land at Grid Reference 235104 121847, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5QH

Planning appeal 6001376 at Land at Grid Reference 235104 121847, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5QH (Torridge District Council) was allowed on 4 February 2026 by Inspector Hills J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying condition 4 would have on the living conditions of nearby residents.

Change of use from agricultural to dog exercise field

Authority
Torridge District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Hills J
Postcode
EX39 5QH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect that varying condition 4 would have on the living conditions of nearby residents

What decided it

The noise generated by 2 additional dogs would be negligible and subsumed by the existing dominant noise climate of the working farmyard, and would not significantly harm neighbouring residential amenity.

What the Inspector cited

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Policy DM01

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