Nectar Haze, Bounds Cross, Pyworthy

6010166·Torridge·1 Sept 2026dismissed·1/0003/2026/FUL

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶4

“in accordance with the settlement hierarchy, to achieve an”

Summary

A new two-storey dwelling in the Torridge countryside, to replace an approved conversion of a stable block. Dismissed. The council's supply was 4.61 years, but the site was not physically well-related to a settlement, so S5(1)(j) was not met. With no category met, the S5(4) exceptional-circumstances test failed. The conversion fallback was real but less harmful than the proposal, so it carried little weight. Drainage could have been handled by condition.

Why this is cited

Strategy described. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010166.txt

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