®Planning appeal decision
Land off Radford Way, Okehampton, EX20 1UP
outline planning permission with some matters reserved (access) for a mix of around 60 1 to 4 bedroom residential dwellings & associated infrastructure
- Authority
- West Devon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would make appropriate provision of affordable housing
- whether the development would make appropriate financial contributions towards education and open space, sport and recreational infrastructure (OSSR)
- whether the development would provide satisfactory connectivity for pedestrians and vehicles
What decided it
The failure to provide appropriate affordable housing, particularly the complete absence of social rent tenure which is prioritised by the development plan, combined with insufficient evidence that the limited provision represents the maximum deliverable, meant the scheme did not accord with the development plan taken as a whole and the public benefits did not justify departure from it.
The public benefits of additional housing, affordable dwellings, the Kellands Lane link and greater land use efficiency did not outweigh the failure to accord with the development plan in respect of affordable housing provision, particularly the absence of social rent tenure.
Plan policies cited: Policy DEV8, Policy DEV9, Policy DEL1, Policy DEV30, Policy DEV27, Policy DEV3, Policy DEV4, Policy DEV29, Policy DEV10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.