Springfield, Oil Mill Lane, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1AG

Planning appeal 3369108 at Springfield, Oil Mill Lane, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1AG (East Devon District Council) was dismissed on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Webber F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy.

for a single detached dwelling, associated parking, garage and garden with all matters reserved other than access

Authority: East Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Webber F
Postcode: EX5 1AG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy

What decided it

The site does not represent a sustainable location in terms of limiting the need to travel and offering a genuine choice of transport modes, and the adverse impacts of the proposal significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.

The housing benefit of a single open market dwelling and the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply were outweighed by the lack of sustainability of the location, the conflict with policies directing development to sustainable locations, and the availability of allocated housing land in a more sustainable location within the neighbourhood plan

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Strategy 7Strategy 5BPolicy TC2Policy BisC12Policy BisC04
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 110

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