Agenda item

IPPLEPEN - 19/01877/FUL - Moorwood, Moor Road - The temporary stationing of a log cabin for 3 years to serve as a key worker supervisory dwelling in connection with equestrian use

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Wrigley and seconded by Councillor MacGregor and

 

RESOLVED

 

That planning permission be refused for the following reasons:

 

The structure proposed to serve as temporary residential accommodation is considered inappropriate for this proposal as there is insufficient information submitted with the application to identify how it would meet the objectives of policies S7 and EN3 of the Teignbridge Local Plan in relation to how it would be insulated or would otherwise seek to minimise its carbon emissions as well as in relation to proposals for its re-use following the expiration of the proposed temporary period.

 

The proposal is considered to be contrary to Policy WE9 of the Teignbridge Local Plan as the identified commercial equine use of the site has not yet commenced.

(12 for, 4 against and 2 abstentions)

Minutes:

The Committee considered the reports of the Business Manager – Strategic

Place Development Management together with comments of public speakers, additional information reported by the officers and information detailed in the late representations updates document previously circulated.

 

 

Public Speaker – Objector: Spoke on lack of necessity or local need for the application, the application is for private use only, the application is to build on green field land which goes against policies, the lack of existing business means that it may not be economically viable, previous applications on the site have been refused and there is no need for accommodation on site.

 

Public Speaker – Supporter: Spoke on the existing property on site, the application had met all conditions, compliant with all policies, need and justification is evidenced, creation of employment, economic benefits, the accommodation is only temporary, and the decisions about the business should be made by the Council in 3 years.

 

The Chairman reported on the Ward member’s objections: It is common for stables in Ipplepen to have living areas, plans are light on detail, lack of statistics in plan, possibly contrary to Policy EC-5C, concerns about building in the Countryside, the land is unsuitable for horses, there should be 2 hectares per horse, concerns about the economic viability, and concerns about the grass available to the horses.

 

The Business Manager responded by saying that the horses would receive supplementary feed, Policy S9 allows the dwelling in the countryside, the business plan has commercial confidentiality but was considered acceptable by the Agricultural Consultant, and the Committee should judge the Business following the temporary 3 years permission when the current need and justification will be increased.

 

Additional comments from Councillors included: The Business Plan is acceptable and justifies approval, the site is in the mineral consultancy area, no objection from Devon County Council, temporary conditions to allow business to prove itself, the temporary dwelling should be a caravan rather than a built structure, there is no description of the dwelling included, the business should have started by now, Policy EN-9 states that the business needs to have started in order to build on the land and it is being interpreted too loosely in order to allow the application,  and the application doesn’t satisfy Policy WE-9.

 

In response the Business Manager had stated that the mineral consultancy zone already has houses in it so it is unlikely that the minerals will be mined as long as the houses exist, Policy EN-9 means that Rural workers can build temporary accommodation to establish their business, an appeal for a similar case was recently lost because members went against officer recommendation and so there is a risk of losing another appeal, there had been sufficient information from the agricultural assessor to support this temporary planning permission, criteria D of Policy EN-9 allows temporary accommodation, and livestock businesses often require the accommodation in order to build up their business.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Wrigley and seconded by Councillor MacGregor and

 

RESOLVED

 

That planning permission be refused for the following reasons:

 

The structure proposed to serve as temporary residential accommodation is considered inappropriate for this proposal as there is insufficient information submitted with the application to identify how it would meet the objectives of policies S7 and EN3 of the Teignbridge Local Plan in relation to how it would be insulated or would otherwise seek to minimise its carbon emissions as well as in relation to proposals for its re-use following the expiration of the proposed temporary period.

 

The proposal is considered to be contrary to Policy WE9 of the Teignbridge Local Plan as the identified commercial equine use of the site has not yet commenced.

(12 for, 4 against and 2 abstentions)

 

Note: The refusal of this application was contrary to advice detailed in the agenda report. The Committee considered that the application was unacceptable for the reasons listed above and below.

 

Statement of reasons:

The decision to go against officer recommendation was made due to Members’ views that the proposed form of the temporary accommodation was inappropriate and Members’ view that the proposal conflicted with Policy WE9.

 

 

 

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