®Planning appeal decision
Land at Oil Mill Cross, Oil Mill Lane, Clyst St Mary, EX5 1AE
Planning appeal 6003514 at Land at Oil Mill Cross, Oil Mill Lane, Clyst St Mary, EX5 1AE (East Devon) was dismissed on 17 June 2026 by Inspector Felicity Webber, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to the location, the proposed land use, and the amount of the development, with particular regard to the development strategy for the area and access to services and facilities and the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
permission in principle for the construction of up 9no. new dwellings
- Authority
- East Devon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- Felicity Webber
- Postcode
- EX5 1AE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to the location, the proposed land use, and the amount of the development, with particular regard to the development strategy for the area and access to services and facilities and the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the rural area and the significant weight attached to the conflict with the newly-made neighbourhood plan's settlement boundary strategy outweighed the modest housing supply benefits under the tilted balance.
The modest benefits of 9 open market dwellings and economic benefits during construction, attributed limited to moderate weight, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and the significant harm from locating development outside the settlement boundary contrary to the recently-made neighbourhood plan
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategy 7Policy BisC11Policy BisC04Strategy 5BPolicy TC2Policy D1Policy BisC12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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