®Planning appeal decision
East Devon District Council, Knowle, Sidmouth, EX10 8HL
Planning appeal 3341996 at East Devon District Council, Knowle, Sidmouth, EX10 8HL (East Devon District Council) was allowed on 25 February 2025 by Inspector Pattison B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
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
- Postcode
- EX10 8HL
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategy 6 (EDLP)Strategy 26 (EDLP)Policy 7 (SVNP)Policy D1 (EDLP)Policy 6 (SVNP)Policy D2 (EDLP)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 189Paragraph 58Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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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