Sourton 3.38.4 There Are No Specific Policies Or Proposals for This Settlement

3.38 Sourton 3.38.4 There are no specific policies or proposals for this settlement. 3.38.1 Part 3 The policies in the Core Strategy and Sourton is a very small village, lying the general policies of this document on the north-west edge of the National will be sufficient for development Park, below Sourton Tors and astride management purposes. the A386. The road forms the National Park boundary at this point, bisecting the village and meaning that for planning purposes the village is split between DNPA and West Devon Borough Council. The village possesses a church, village hall and pub.

3.38.2 The village developed to support farming and associated trades, including lime production. It also lay on the turnpike road between Okehampton and Tavistock. In the latter part of the 19th century until its closure in the mid 20th century, the line of the Southern Railway skirted the village. The track bed of the railway has now been converted to a cycle route (‘Granite Way’), which forms part of the National Cycle Network route NCN27. Sourton provides a convenient and accessible starting point for visits to the high moor.

Conserving the quality of the built environment 3.38.3 There has been little development in the village over recent years. Traffic calming has been introduced, which as well as slowing traffic on this national route, also adds to the sense of containment of the village. The building stock, with the exception of the idiosyncratic treatment of the inn, is simple and unremarkable and, as with many other villages on the moorland edge, reflects the Devon vernacular. Any further development should be sympathetic to this form. Clearly, with a major Devon road running through the settlement, care will be needed with planning for any new accesses.

Dartmoor National Park Authority Development Management and Delivery Development Plan Document 179 Adopted Version July 2013