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Allowed25 August 20223292721

Land off Spruce Close , Exeter, EX4 9DR

Planning appeal 3292721 at Land off Spruce Close , Exeter, EX4 9DR (Exeter City Council) was allowed on 25 August 2022 by Inspector Porter H, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site offers an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the development plan and whether services and facilities could be accessed by sustainable modes.

for up to 93 residential dwellings (approval sought for details of access only, with scale, layout, appearance and landscaping all reserved for future consideration)

Authority
Exeter City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Porter H
Postcode
EX4 9DR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site offers an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the development plan and whether services and facilities could be accessed by sustainable modes
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and local distinctiveness of the area, including Exeter's 'Landscape Setting'
  • Whether loss of open space would be replaced by equivalent or better provision

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the substantial benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the limited landscape/character harm identified.

The significant weight given to market housing delivery and substantial weight to affordable housing, together with moderate benefits from the Valley Park and bus service improvements, outweighed the limited harm to character and local distinctiveness and conflict with saved Policy LS1, such that the adverse impacts of granting permission did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H1Policy LS1Policy CP16Policy L3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 55Paragraph 99Paragraph 174

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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