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Allowed5 January 20233299799

Straitgate Farm, Exeter Road, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1LG

Planning appeal 3299799 at Straitgate Farm, Exeter Road, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1LG (Devon County Council) was allowed on 5 January 2023 by Inspector Bust R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on water supplies and human health.

extraction of up to 1.5 million tonnes of as raised sand and gravel, restoration to agricultural land together with temporary change of use of a residential dwelling to a quarry office/welfare facility

Authority
Devon County Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
minerals-waste · Unknown
Inspector
Bust R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on water supplies and human health
  • its effect on drainage and flood risk
  • its effect on heritage assets
  • its effect on trees and hedgerows
  • its effect on highway safety
  • its effect on biodiversity
  • The sustainability of transporting sand and gravel by road from Straitgate Farm to Hillhead Quarry

What decided it

The great weight given to the shortage of sand and gravel supply and other public benefits clearly outweighed the less than substantial harm identified to the setting of the listed Straitgate Farmhouse, with no other unacceptable harm found.

the great weight attached to mineral supply, biodiversity net gain, footpath provision and orchard restoration clearly outweighed the less than substantial harm to the significance of Straitgate Farmhouse, and no other harm was identified that would justify refusal

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy M12Policy M16Policy M17Policy M19Policy M20Policy M21Policy M22Policy M23Policy M24Policy EN9Policy EN18Policy EN21Policy D3Policy D4Policy NP1Policy NP2Policy NP8Policy TC7

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