®Planning appeal decision
Fairlight, Mill Cross Rattery, Totnes, TQ10 9LA
replacement of a residential studio with a self-build dwelling
- Authority
- South Hams
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- TQ10 9LA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal complies with the development plan in relation to access to services and minimising the need to travel by private vehicle
What decided it
The proposal would create a household entirely reliant on private vehicles to access services, conflicting with development plan policies directing sustainable development to locations with access to services and minimising travel by private vehicle, and this conflict with the development plan's spatial objectives outweighed the benefits under the tilted balance.
The modest benefits of delivering one dwelling towards the substantial housing shortfall and construction-phase economic benefits were outweighed by the significant adverse impact of creating a car-dependent household at odds with the development plan's sustainable location policies, which still attract considerable weight despite the housing supply shortfall.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: SPT1, SPT2, TTV1, TTV26, TTV27
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.