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Allowed2 September 20223294252

Embercombe Cottage, Higher Ashton, Exeter, EX6 7QT

Planning appeal 3294252 at Embercombe Cottage, Higher Ashton, Exeter, EX6 7QT (Teignbridge District Council) was allowed on 2 September 2022 by Inspector Andrews M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the setting of a designated heritage asset, the Grade II listed Embercombe Cottage.

the erection of a single storey building to form a self- contained granny annexe ancillary to The Annexe to Embercombe Cottage

Authority
Teignbridge District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Andrews M
Postcode
EX6 7QT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the setting of a designated heritage asset, the Grade II listed Embercombe Cottage

What decided it

The imposition of a condition requiring landscaping and land re-modelling to visually integrate the proposed annexe with the host dwelling and ensure adequate access resolved the main concern about the development's effect on the setting of the listed building.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EN5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 16

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