District planners have agreed the demolition of one of the last intact heritage Victorian villas in the conservation area of Budleigh Salterton, to make way for maisonettes. A second bid to knock down a town house in an East Devon conservation area so it can be redeveloped has been approved, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Plans submitted by Hugh McCormick to turn a house on Marine Parade, in Budleigh Salterton, into four maisonettes continued to face objections even though changes had been made to the proposal since it was previously refused. In spite of concerns about the loss of…
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East Devon planners have granted permission to expand Cranbrook, giving a developer the go-ahead to start building around 1,400 new homes. The district council has agreed Persimmon Homes South West can build up to 1,435 new homes, starting with 366 properties, plus 55 self-build plots. Up to 196 of homes will be reserved for local people through housing association schemes, the developer said. The plans also include building a Neighbourhood Centre, a 630-place primary school, 60-place Special Educational Needs school, a place of worship, cemetery, and more than 66 acres of open space – the equivalent size of 41 football…
A developer hoping to build a handful of homes in an East Devon village is proposing to throw in a community hall with a café and shop if the plans get the go-ahead. A Devon community’s village hall dilemma could be solved by a small plan for five homes that offers a potentially enticing incentive, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The proposal for five on land north of Hazel Grove, in Rockbeare, may seem like a small plan even for a village, but its suggestion of also offering a site for a village hall means it packs more of…
Plans have been submitted for a new East Devon development of more than 100 homes, some affordable, on farmland near Rockbeare. A bid to build up to 140 homes on the edge of a small Devon village has been submitted as a flurry of development hits the area, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Exeter-based developer Waddeton Park has put the outline proposals in for land south of London Road and near to the small village of Rockbeare. The site is, however, just opposite the expanding town of Cranbrook, and is also sited relatively close to other parcels of land…
District planners are set to debate a proposal to develop land for employment near the main route into Ottery St Mary. Industrial estate and employment development is given the green light for Ottery St Mary Plans for a sizeable employment site on the edge of an East Devon town look set to cause a showdown at a crunch planning meeting this week, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Proposals have been submitted for a significant plot in Ottery St Mary to create space for a range of employment purposes. The application states that a mix of used could be possible,…
The case for building 65 homes in an East Devon village will go before the Government planning inspectorate later this year as the developer is set to appeal against the district council’s refusal. The developer behind a blocked plan for 65 homes in an East Devon village has lodged an appeal to try and revive the scheme, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The outline plan for 65 properties on land at Abbey Road in Dunkeswell was refused by planners at East Devon District Council last summer, but the developer behind the scheme – named as Mr P Aubery of…
A developer given the green light to build 130 new homes in Seaton has been granted permission to build a further 72 on an opposite plot of land. A local developer has bagged the right to build up to another 72 homes in an East Devon town directly opposite another of its schemes for 130 residences, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Baker Estates has been told it can build up to 72 homes on land south of Harepath Hill, which will mean it has around 200 homes in the area. The firm managed to secure approval for its 130-homes…
‘We have had to paddle through sewage, and hug the wall as cars can’t see us when they come around the blind corner’ – residents have hit out at new homes ‘regretfully’ agreed for an ‘under siege’ East Devon village. Planners have “regretfully” approved a plan for yet more homes in a Devon village because of difficulties finding legitimate reasons to block it, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Several members of the public spoke out about the plan for up to 60 homes in the East Devon village of Feniton, and while planners sympathised with their objections, they did…
‘This is the kind of location where we can be ambitious. It is a gateway site, so it needs a gateway building ‘ – City planners have given the go-ahead to build a 10-storey development of almost 300 student flats on the site of former Exeter job centre. A huge block of student flats has been given the go-ahead by Exeter city councillors by a narrow margin despite them hearing it described as ‘overbearing’, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Zinc Real Estate will build the 10-storey building containing nearly 300 purpose-built flats for Exeter University students on the site…
Fresh plans have been submitted for more than 60 homes at Ottery St Mary on the same site that just weeks ago prompted an emergency dash to save healthy trees from being felled. Developers are making a renewed bid for a 63-homes plan on land where a hedgerow was destroyed and efforts were made to protect mature trees from being cut down, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The prospect of homes on the site, based on land east of Sidmouth Road in Ottery St Mary, have previously proved controversial, but the location has become even more contentious after the…
