®Planning appeal decision
Land North East of Parkfield Cottages, Pink House Corner, Lympstone, EX8 5AH
Construction of proposed Educatering facility (use class E(g) and B8) including parking, access, area for growing crops and landscaping
- Authority
- East Devon
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial
- Postcode
- EX8 5AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location of the proposed development is suitable, having regard to the spatial strategy for commercial development and the accessibility of the site by sustainable modes of transport
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Coastal Preservation Area
- The effect of the proposed development on the significance of the Grade II listed buildings known as North Lodge, Nutwell Cottages and Nutwell Lodge Hotel, as designated heritage assets, through development within their setting
- the effect on the integrity of the Exe Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site
What decided it
The significant economic, employment and educational benefits of the scheme, combined with the acknowledged shortage of employment land in the district and the absence of any preferable alternative site, outweighed the identified policy conflict and harms.
the economic, social and educational benefits, the contribution to addressing the acknowledged employment land shortfall, and the absence of a preferable, suitable and reasonably available alternative site outweighed the conflict with the spatial strategy, the harm to character and appearance, and the less than substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage assets
Framework references: 110, 213, 215
Plan policies cited: Strategy 7, Strategy 3, Strategy 4, Strategy 28, Strategy 29, Strategy 5B, Policy TC2, Strategy SP01, Strategy SP04, Strategy SP06, Policy TR01, Strategy 44, Strategy 46, Policy D1, Policy D2, Policy DS01, Policy OL01, Policy HE02, Policy OL03, Policy EN9, Policy EN5
Judgments cited: R (on the application of Corbett) v Cornwall Council and Stephen Tavener [2020] EWCA Civ 508
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.