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Dismissed17 August 20266006617

Springbank, Beech Avenue, Exeter, EX4 6HE

Planning appeal 6006617 at Springbank, Beech Avenue, Exeter, EX4 6HE (Exeter) was dismissed on 17 August 2026 by Inspector S Harrington, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on biodiversity with particular regard to BNG.

a single storey dwelling

Authority
Exeter
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
S Harrington
Postcode
EX4 6HE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on biodiversity with particular regard to BNG
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Pennsylvania Conservation Area (CA)
  • the effect of the proposal on the Exe Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA)

What decided it

The failure to demonstrate that the proposal would have an acceptable effect on biodiversity with particular regard to BNG requirements, which the Inspector afforded great weight, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing benefits.

the modest benefits of providing one new dwelling in a sustainable location with housing undersupply were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the important adverse effect of not meeting biodiversity net gain requirements

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DG1C1Objective 8 of the Exeter Core Strategy 2012LP Policy LS2

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