®Planning appeal decision
Exton Lodge Mill Lane, Exton, Exeter, EX3 0PJ
Planning appeal 3325280 at Exton Lodge Mill Lane, Exton, Exeter, EX3 0PJ (East Devon District Council) was dismissed on 31 May 2024 by Inspector Reeves K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for new residential development having regard to the development plan and access to local services and facilities.
A single dwelling with access
- Authority
- East Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reeves K
- Postcode
- EX3 0PJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for new residential development having regard to the development plan and access to local services and facilities
What decided it
The site's location outside the named settlements in Policy Strategy 27, combined with poor access to local services and facilities and reliance on private car travel, conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy and the Framework's sustainability principles, and this harm is not outweighed by the limited benefits of a single dwelling.
the adverse impacts of the scheme arising from the unsuitable location of the site for residential development outweighed the scheme's benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy Strategy 27Policy Strategy 7Policy Strategy TC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 77Paragraph 226
- Judgments
- Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd and Richborough Estates Partnership LLP v Cheshire East Borough Council [2017] UKSC 37; Braintree DC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610
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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