Shaugh Prior

3.37 Shaugh Prior

3.37.1 Part 3 Shaugh Prior lies on the valley slopes of the River Plym, just within the National Park boundary and some 8 miles from Plymouth. It is a small settlement and has seen little development over recent years. With its early growth founded on farming, tin working and granite working, it developed latterly on the employment offered by the expansion of the local china and ball clay industries in the 19th and 20th centuries.

3.37.2 The local services and facilities include church, village hall, public house and primary school. There is a regular bus service that runs to Plymouth.

Conserving the quality of the built environment 3.37.3 St.Edward's church, which is the oldest surviving building in the parish of Shaugh Prior and a Grade 1 listed building, was built in the 15th century, of stone rubble with granite dressings and a slate roof. The pinnacled tower is formed of granite ashlar blocks.

3.37.4 Apart from some very old farmhouses in the parish, most of the older buildings of Shaugh Prior village are of the Devon vernacular, constructed mostly of stone rubble with some rendering and slate roofs. More recent development has extended the settlement to the west.

3.37.5 There are no specific policies or proposals for this settlement. The policies in the Core Strategy and the general policies of this document will be sufficient for development management purposes.

Dartmoor National Park Authority Development Management and Delivery Development Plan Document 177 Adopted Version July 2013