®Planning appeal decision
Springfield, Oil Mill Lane, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1AG
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
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
Framework references: 11, 14, 110
Plan policies cited: Strategy 7, Strategy 5B, Policy TC2, Policy BisC12, Policy BisC04
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