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Allowed11 July 20253357849

Land East of Colestocks Road, Feniton, Devon, EX14 3EQ

Planning appeal 3357849 at Land East of Colestocks Road, Feniton, Devon, EX14 3EQ (East Devon District Council) was allowed on 11 July 2025 by Inspector Dawe A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development in terms of the Council's spatial strategy, with particular regard to the distribution and location of housing and balanced communities, having regard to local and national policy.

Outline planning application for up to 86 dwellings with access from Colestocks Road; the provision of public open space, landscaping, drainage, and associated highways improvements and infrastructure; all matters to be reserved except for access

Authority
East Devon District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dawe A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development in terms of the Council's spatial strategy, with particular regard to the distribution and location of housing and balanced communities, having regard to local and national policy
  • The effect of the proposed development on local drainage and flood risk
  • Other related planning matters, including any benefits of the proposed development to be weighed in the planning balance

What decided it

Under the tilted balance in Framework paragraph 11(d)(ii), the substantial benefits of market and affordable housing delivery and flood risk betterment outweighed the harms identified, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

the substantial benefits of housing delivery (including 50% affordable housing) and off-site flood risk betterment, together with moderate biodiversity net gain and economic benefits, outweighed the harms from conflict with the spatial strategy, failure of the sequential test and limited loss of BMVAL, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Strategy 1Strategy 2Strategy 4Strategy 7Strategy 34Strategy 36Strategy 43Policy SP01Policy SP03Policy SP06Policy SD18Policy SE06Policy EN22Policy EN13Policy EN21Policy F1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 64Paragraph 66Paragraph 118Paragraph 187Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 234
Judgments
Mead Realisations Limited v SSLUHC [2024] EWHC279 (Admin)

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