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26/0952/VAR - Variation of Condition Approved

Proposal

Variation of condition 21 of planning permission (Hybrid application: Outline application for the erection of up to 140 dwellings, 0.8 hectares of Class-E employment land, public open space, drainage and ancillary works (all matters reserved except access). Full application for works to football training pitch including drainage improvement work, 4x 15m tall floodlighting columns and erection of 6m high ballstop netting on west side of football pitch and training ground) to change wording from "...no adverse impacts on the vitality and viability of Axminster town centre...to "...no unacceptable adverse impacts on the vitality and viability of Axminster town centre..." Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Aug 2026, 21:01

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Application progress

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Received

14 May 2026

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Approved

6 Aug 2026

Approved on 6 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 12 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Reports · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Forms · 14 May 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 2

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Outline18 Apr 2023council archive

Conditions 21 varied
- VariationVariation of condition 21This application14 May 202626/0952/VAR

Site constraints 7

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SAC

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Special area of conservation 181 m away: River Axe

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

SSSI 181 m away: River Axe SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; National landscape 467 m away: Blackdown Hills.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: East Devon
Application type: Variation of Condition
Received: 14 May 2026
Validated: 14 May 2026
Ward: Axminster
Parish: Axminster
Decision: Approval with conditions
Decision date: 6 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Grass Roots Planning Ltd

Public comments

4comments received

4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

188 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14909303
Planning Portal ref: PP-14909303
Site or press notice: 3 Jun 2026
Committee: 4 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

East Devon

Planning Authority Score

6.7/10

Good

#72 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

East Devon ranks #103 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

East Devon decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #152 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #104 of 296

72%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #103 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #86 of 296

63%

Minor dwellings approved

168 decided (1-9 homes)

74%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

88%

Change of use approved

25 decided

1,321

Total decisions

157 refused in the year to March 2026