Higher Collybeer Farm, Spreyton, EX17 5BA

Planning appeal 6014952 at Higher Collybeer Farm, Spreyton, EX17 5BA (West Devon) was allowed on 23 September 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the development having regard to the provisions of local and national policy.

erection of B8 storage unit

Authority: West Devon
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written Part 1
Development: employment-industrial
Postcode: EX17 5BA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for the development having regard to the provisions of local and national policy

What decided it

The functional relationship between the proposed storage units and the existing established B8 storage business, combined with the logical expansion of that enterprise, justified the countryside location and satisfied the requirements of local and national policy.

The benefits of expanding an established rural business and supporting rural enterprise growth outweighed the loss of a small area of grade 3 agricultural land and the countryside location concerns.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy TTV1Policy SPT1Policy SPT2Policy TTV26Policy DEV15Policy TTV2

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