East Devon District Council, Knowle, SIDMOUTH, EX10 8HL

Redevelopment of site to provide: a) Care home building (Class C2) with associated parking, landscaping, staff and resident facilities and associated works, b) Extra care apartment building (53 units) with associated communal lounge, wellbeing suite, restaurant and care provision (class C2) c) Retirement living apartment building (33 units) with associated communal lounge d) Erection of 4 houses, and 3 townhouses (Class C3). Along with accesses; internal car parking, roads, paths, retaining walls, refuse and landscaping associated with development. Retention/refurbishment of building B, erection of habitat building and sub-stations. (Demolition of buildings other than building B)

Authority: East Devon District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Pattison B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular reference to outlook and the effect on privacy to Chestnuts, The Cotswolds and Knowle House

What decided it

The Inspector found no harm to character and appearance or to neighbours' living conditions, and identified substantial benefits from the provision of housing with care and a care home, leading to overall accordance with the development plan.

the substantial benefits of providing 'housing with care' and a care home, together with other identified benefits, weighed in favour of the proposal in the absence of any identified harm, resulting in overall accordance with the development plan

Framework references: 135, 212, 213, 189, 58, 57

Plan policies cited: Strategy 6 (EDLP), Strategy 26 (EDLP), Policy 7 (SVNP), Policy D1 (EDLP), Policy 6 (SVNP), Policy D2 (EDLP)

Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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