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25/2471/MRES - Major - Reserved Matters app. Approved

Proposal

Approval of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission ref. , comprising appearance, layout scale and landscaping for a three form entry Primary School (use class F1) with associated nursery provision (use class E) and community room (Use class F2) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Sept 2026, 00:10

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Application progress

✓

Received

6 Jan 2026

✓

Committee

1 Sept 2026

✓

Approved

4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by East Devon Planning Committee on 1 Sept 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the school’s community benefits outweighed the weaker internal layout, subject to flood-risk confirmation.
The town council, ward councillors and a resident raised concerns about design, movement, shade, expansion and cycle parking.
The committee approved the application with conditions in accordance with the officer recommendation.

Read how the committee decided The proposed school, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of East Devon's committee minutes of 1 Sept 2026.

Documents 64

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Reports · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 20

Plans & drawings 41

Consultation & comments 1

PDF EXETER AIRPORT ADVICE NOTE 5 Consultee Comment · 1 Feb 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 7

Part of

OutlineApproved24 Apr 2024council archive

Conditions 21, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34 awaiting decision
- Reserved mattersApproval, comprising appearance, layout scale and landscaping for a three form entry Primary…This application6 Jan 202625/2471/MRES
- Show 5 more · 5 pending
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition - Condition 25 (Advance Planting)9 Jul 202626/1406/DOC
  - ConditionsDischarge of conditions - Condition 26 (phasing of road, services and facilities)7 Jul 202626/1290/DOC
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition - Condition 34 (Archaeology)12 Jun 202626/1182/DOC
  - Show 2 earlier · 2 pending
    ConditionsDischarge of conditions - Condition 29 (CEMP), Condition 30 (CTMP)11 Jun 202626/1044/DOC
    ConditionsDischarge of condition - Condition 21 (Junction Design), Condition 22 (Junction Materials…11 Feb 202626/0253/DOC

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Not affected

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

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: Major - Reserved Matters app.
Postcode: EX5 2PZ
Received: 6 Jan 2026
Validated: 6 Jan 2026
Ward: Cranbrook
Parish: Cranbrook
Target decision: 4 Sept 2026
Decision: Approval with conditions
Decision date: 4 Sept 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: South West Norse

How this decision compares

Decided in 241 days from validation, 176 days slower than East Devon's median of 65 for commercial premises. Approved, as 86% of commercial premises here are.

This one241d

Council65d

UK56d

41%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

10%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by East Devon in the last twelve months, from validation. East Devon decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14530217
Site or press notice: 14 Jan 2026
Committee: 1 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: Yes

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