Higher Collybeer Farm, Spreyton (B8 storage units)

6014952·West Devon·23 Sept 2026allowed·1315/26/FUL

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy (employment)

The tier sentence ¶6

“the Council’s settlement hierarchy which seeks to focus new employment towards”

Summary

Four B8 storage units in open countryside in West Devon were allowed on appeal. The site is car-dependent and isolated from any settlement, but the inspector found S5(1)(b)'s "location shown to be necessary" requirement met. The reason was the functional relationship with the established storage business next door: the location was "a logical consequence" of that business expanding. E4's recognition that rural businesses may be poorly served by public transport carried the transport issue.

The location finding

TR3: pass. car-only access accepted; modest activity and local catchment mean no significant increase in trips (DL 5, 12-13)

Why this is cited

Employment hierarchy; storage units; incidental. 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/6014952.txt

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