®Planning appeal decision
Land at Home Farm , Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon , EX4 9JG
outline planning application for the construction of up to 61 dwellings and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Exeter City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Johnson W
- Postcode
- EX4 9JG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on character and appearance, with particular regard to landscape setting
- whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for: affordable housing, open space, healthcare and highways
What decided it
The very significant and permanent harm to the character, appearance and landscape setting of Exeter significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of the scheme.
Very significant, permanent harm to landscape character and the setting of Exeter, attracting very substantial weight, outweighed the significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery and economic benefits, such that adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 57, 68, 130, 174
Plan policies cited: LP Policy LS1, CS Policy CP16, CS Policy CS16, CS Objectives 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10, CS Policies CP7, CP9, CP10, and CP18, LP Policies AP1, T1. DG5
Judgments cited: Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd and Richborough Estates v Cheshire East Borough Council (Supreme Court, 10/05/2017, UKSC 37); Tesco Stores Limited v Dundee City Council (Supreme Court, [2012] UKSC 12); Exeter City Council and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Waddeton Park Limited and The R B Nelder Trust (High Court, [2015] EWHC 1663 (Admin))
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