Yelverton Providing a Wider Range of Accommodation Opportunities to Meet the Needs of Local People

3.9 Yelverton Providing a wider range of accommodation opportunities to meet the needs of local people

Part 3 The Core Strategy says the following 3.9.3 about Yelverton (section 3.5.8): Almost a quarter of the population Yelverton became popular with visitors of Yelverton is over the age of 65. While and as a healthy location for new it has a good proportion of families housing from the 1890s onwards. with young children, like much of Its position on the south west edge Dartmoor it has a lower proportion of of the National Park offers easy access young people aged between 16 from Plymouth and Tavistock and and 24. Yelverton is an affluent village; makes it a good touring base. it has among the highest level of owner occupied houses of the Local Centres in Yelverton’s vision looks to: the National Park while also having high © sustain the vibrant local service house prices. Thirty nine new dwellings economy have been completed in Yelverton since © provide a wider range of 2006 including 16 affordable homes and accommodation opportunities 18 flats for the over 55s. Since 2006, to meet the needs of local people other affordable houses have been built in the parish at Crapstone, which is © manage recreational demand to outside the National Park. benefit the settlement and visitors.

3.9.1 3.9.4 Yelverton is a village with a distinct The last affordable housing survey was character and a rich history. The carried out in 2006. A new survey in the settlement developed around the next two to three years will be a priority junction of the South Devon and for the Dartmoor National Park Tavistock Railway and the Princetown Authority. In order to help meet the branch line. It lies on the route of need for affordable housing that may Plymouth/Drake’s Leat and the be shown by a new survey, an area adjacent to a recent development at Devonport Leat, built to provide the Briar Tor is identified for housing Plymouth area with clean water, development, at least half of which The war-time airfield on Roborough should be affordable housing to meet Down (RAF Harrowbeer) gives it an identified local needs. Development at important place in local modern history. Briar Tor should also provide an area of recreational open space, in order to Sustaining the vibrant local address an identified shortfall in the service economy provision of equipped children’s play 3.9.2 space in this area of Yelverton. The Yelverton is a Local Centre which location of this site adjacent to existing provides a range of services and sheltered housing means the site must facilities to its residents and the be treated sensitively; the layout of this surrounding rural area. The ‘forecourt’ site should respect the adjacent houses, is a popular central shopping area and, if required, make provision for a offering convenient local shops and traffic calming scheme which also services accessible on foot, public provides a pedestrian crossing point transport and by car. There is also a on Briar Tor. second area of shops and business at Leg O’Mutton. As a village, Yelverton Proposal YEL1 is divided by the junction of the busy An area of land 0.95 ha in extent A386 and B3212 roads. Policies COR17 adjoining Briar Tor, Yelverton, is and DMD19 allow for opportunities to allocated for housing, not less than be taken to protect and improve the 50% of which should be affordable range of local shops that serve both housing to meet identified local needs. residents and visitors. Development of this site should include an area of recreational open space for community use.

Dartmoor National Park Authority 118 Development Management and Delivery Development Plan Document Adopted Version July 2013 3.9.5 Yelverton is a more modern settlement then many others in the National Park

and does not have a Conservation Area. Part 3 However, an area to the east of the forecourt, the original core of Yelverton, is an early example of a comprehensively planned residential development. Division of the plots and infill development in this area would detract from the local character and appearance.

Policy YEL2 Special constraints will apply to development proposals within the original core of Yelverton. Subdivision and development of typically large plots in this location will not be permitted.

Managing recreational demand to benefit the settlement and visitors 3.9.6 Yelverton is part of an area popular with visitors, including people who have travelled from Plymouth, as well as tourist visitors from further afield. The village is on the recently developed Drake’s Trail (part of the National Cycle Network Route) which is an important opportunity to encourage visitors to support local shops and services. The Dartmoor Recreation Strategy 2011 notes that the area already attracts a wide range of users and aims to manage the area to accommodate a high level of demand. Policy COR19 sets out the principles covering tourist related development.

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