Garage demolition and one dwelling at Land South Of Orchard Cottage, Exmouth Road, Exton

“The site comprises a mainly vacant plot of land around 0.04 hectares in area located between the southern edge of Exton and the Commando Training Centre. More specifically it is positioned on the southern side of The Avenue, an unclassified private cul de sac of mostly single vehicle width with no footways that extends west off the A376 and presently serves a loosely knit area of sporadic development comprising five residential properties and as an emergency access to and…”

“The site, which falls gently from south to north, lies within an area of countryside between the edge of Exton and the training camp that is designated as Green Wedge.”

“15/0239/FUL Demolition of existing garage and proposed new dwelling and vehicular access Refusal 25.01.2016”

“17/2109/FUL Demolition of existing garage and proposed new dwelling and access Refusal 01.11.2017”

“Conversely, harm has been identified to the Green Wedge. The proposals would add to the sporadic character of the Avenue which is physically separate to the built form of Exton (and Lymptstone) and this is contrary to the first objective of Strategy 8. However, for the reasons already given within the report, the level of harm to the Green Wedge and individual identity of Exton is deemed low.”

“When considering the benefits of the proposals in context of the ‘tilted balance’ and the wording of paragraph 11 d), ii), the adverse harm to the Green Wedge would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits. Accordingly, despite the identified conflict with Strategy 7 and 8 of the adopted Local Plan, it is the view of officers that permission in principle should be granted.”

“The application site falls within a Green Wedge as defined by Strategy 6 (Development in Green Wedges) of the East Devon Local Plan. The main objective of this policy is to prevent sporadic development and settlement coalescence. Below is an aerial image that shows the position of the application site (red edging) within the Green Wedge (green hatching).”

“25/1942/PIP As such, given the above, the development would add to the extent of sporadic development within the Green Wedge and therefore conflict with Strategy 6 is identified. However, when assessing the provisions of Strategy 6, the proposal is not considered to harm the identity of Exton or contribute to settlement coalescence.”

“25/1942/PIP I have viewed the documents for the planning application 25/1942/PIP for the proposed permission in principle for demolition of garage and construction a dwelling on land South of Orchard Cottage Exmouth Road Exton I note that there has been a number of refusals for various planning applications in the past:13/1749/FUL refusal. 14/1504/FUL refusal. 14/1504/FUL refusal 17/2109/FUL again a refusal.”

“The general reason for refusal was the development was not in the "built-up area of Exton" and therefore considered in the open countryside. I note that the current local plan and the emerging local plan also puts this application in the protected zone of the Green Wedge.”

“The Appropriate Assessment be adopted. Approved in accordance with officer recommendation.”