Strathculm Road, Hele, Exeter, Devon, EX5 4PN

Planning appeal 3360104 at Strathculm Road, Hele, Exeter, Devon, EX5 4PN (Mid Devon District Council) was allowed on 17 June 2025 by Inspector Butcher C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in a suitable location for residential development, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities.

a terrace of 3x3 bed residential properties each with 2x allocated parking spaces to the front and gardens to the front and rear

Authority: Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Butcher C
Postcode: EX5 4PN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is in a suitable location for residential development, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the limited scale of the proposal and proximity to nearby settlements, meant that the locational harm did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance.

the material harm arising from the site's unsuitability of location and conflict with the spatial strategy was outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery in circumstances of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply, assessed against the Framework as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S14Policy S1Policy S2Policy S3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 84
Judgments: Braintree District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2018]

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