NHS Drive Through Vaccination Centre, Sidmouth Road, Farringdon, EX5 2JU

Retention of NHS vaccination centre and associated car park

Authority: East Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: community-institutional · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Fish A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location having particular regard to its accessibility by sustainable modes of transport
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan

What decided it

The proposal's conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and sustainable transport policies, which the benefits of the vaccination service (given only moderate weight) were insufficient to outweigh.

the moderate weight given to the benefits of the vaccination centre did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan as a whole, including the spatial strategy, accessibility policies and the minor harm to character and appearance

Framework references: 109, 180

Plan policies cited: Strategy 1, Strategy 3, Strategy 5B, Strategy 7, Strategy 46, Policy TC2, Policy D1, Policy D2, Policy RC6

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