Land and Buildings at NGR 298442 103188 Little Morland Bradninch Devon

1. 1.The proposal would represent new residential development in a rural location and outside of a defined settlement within the Mid Devon Local Plan 2013-2033, and therefore in the open countryside in policy terms for which an overriding essential need has not been justified. The Council is unable to demonstrate a five year housing land supply against the requirements of national policy. Consequently, those development plan policies which are materially inconsistent with the relevant national decision-making policies for housing should be afforded very limited weight, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development is engaged in the determination of this application, where development should be approved in light of an unmet need where it is physically well-related to an existing settlement, unless the benefits of doing so would be substantially outweighed by any adverse effects. Notwithstanding this, it is the opinion of the Local Planning Authority that the proposed dwelling is not well-related to an existing settlement, and does not have reasonable access to services and facilities, therefore resulting in an unsustainable form of development that would increase the need for journeys to be made by private car and would be contrary to the Development Plan, taken as a whole.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Permission in Principle

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Silverton 45

Date validated

17 July 2026

Consultation start

20 July 2026

Last date for comments

10 August 2026

Target decision date

21 August 2026

Statutory period

35 days

Planning Portal ID

PP-15037160

Comments

0

Documents

13

Constraints

20