®Planning appeal decision
Land At Ottery Road, Feniton, EX14 3UP
erection of up to 85 dwellings, a community eco -hut and associated infrastructure (outline) with vehicular access to be determined; all other matters 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 and location of the development would accord with the Council's spatial strategy, with particular regard to the distribution and location of housing, balanced communities and the need to travel, having regard to local policies, both adopted and emerging, and national policy
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the proposal—conflict with the spatial strategy and serious harm to character and appearance—significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole.
The substantial benefits of delivering 85 dwellings and 50% affordable housing in the context of a 1,746-dwelling shortfall, together with economic benefits and modest benefits from public open space, biodiversity enhancements and flood risk reduction, were outweighed by the significant harm of conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and the serious harm to character and appearance of the area.
Framework references: 11, 50, 58, 187
Plan policies cited: Strategy 1, Strategy 2, Strategy 4, Strategy 7, Strategy 46, Policy D1, Policy VP01, Policy H3, Policy E1, Draft policy SP01, Draft policy SP03, Draft policy SP06, Draft policy SD18, Draft policy DS01
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.