®Planning appeal decision
1 Jennings Gardens, Tithebarn, Exeter, EX1 4BL
Planning appeal 6007622 at 1 Jennings Gardens, Tithebarn, Exeter, EX1 4BL (East Devon) was allowed on 19 October 2026, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location of the proposed development would conflict with the Council's development plan Policies, having regard to allocated housing numbers, leisure, social and community facilities.
Erection of a 66 No. Bed Care Home for older people with parking, access, landscaping and associated ground works
- Authority
- East Devon
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional
- Postcode
- EX1 4BL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the proposed development would conflict with the Council's development plan Policies, having regard to allocated housing numbers, leisure, social and community facilities
- whether the proposed development requires connection to the decentralised heating network
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
Applying Policy S4 of the Framework, the substantial weight given to the site's sustainable settlement location and its renewable/low carbon energy provision was not substantially outweighed by the moderate and limited harms arising from conflict with the development plan.
the moderate harm through conflicting with the allocated housing numbers for Tithebarn, failure to contribute to leisure, social and community facilities and failure to demonstrate that a connection to the decentralised energy network would be unviable would be outweighed by the substantial weight attributed to the site's location within a settlement and drawing energy from renewable and low carbon sources
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategy 1Strategy 2Strategy 4Strategy 9Strategy 13Strategy 32Strategy 36Strategy 40Strategy 48Policy D1Policy D2Policy D1 (NP)Policy DC5Policy DS01
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Policy S4Policy S6Policy CC2Policy HO7
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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