®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To Hillcrest , Awliscombe, EX14 3NX
outline planning application for construction of 20 no. dwellings, village hall and farm shop and provision of village green and car parking, seeking approval of access only (matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved)
- Authority
- East Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the scale, nature and location of the development accords with the development plan in respect of accessibility to facilities and services
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including on the setting of the Blackdown Hills National Landscape (BHNL)
- whether the submitted planning obligation would adequately secure affordable housing
- whether the development would result in the loss of Best and Most Versatile (BMV) agricultural land
What decided it
The adverse impacts from heavy reliance on private vehicles and harm to locally distinctive character and the setting of the National Landscape significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing in the context of the tilted balance.
The benefits of delivering approximately 20 dwellings and affordable housing in the context of a 2.97 year housing supply (attracting great weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of unsustainable location with high private vehicle dependency and moderate harm to landscape character and visual quality and the setting of the Blackdown Hills National Landscape.
Framework references: 11, 110
Plan policies cited: Strategy 1, Strategy 5B, Strategy 7, Strategy 27, Strategy 34, Strategy 46, Policy TC2, Policy D1, Policy EN13
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.