Fairlight, Mill Cross Rattery, Totnes, TQ10 9LA

Planning appeal 6004707 at Fairlight, Mill Cross Rattery, Totnes, TQ10 9LA (South Hams) was dismissed on 17 June 2026 by Inspector H Nicholls, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal complies with the development plan in relation to access to services and minimising the need to travel by private vehicle.

replacement of a residential studio with a self-build dwelling

Authority: South Hams
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: H Nicholls
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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: SPT1SPT2TTV1TTV26TTV27
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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