Families in a seaside town dubbed Chelsea-on-Sea have celebrated after a developer lost its bid to scrap a new rule that new builds should only be sold to locals.
The Planning Inspectorate ruled this week that Valentine London can only sell its four new luxury apartments in Salcombe, Devon, to people planning to live there full-time.
The developer had appealed South Hams District Council's 2019 rule that any new homes in the coastal resort town must be primary residences.
The firm said this strict condition made its £1.2million flats 'unsellable' - but its pleas were rejected by the national planning body on Monday.
Salcombe earned its nickname, punning on the affluent London area of Chelsea, as almost half its dwellings are owned by outsiders.
