To receive an implications report from the Head of Planning and Regeneration following discussions at the previous meeting where Members were minded to refuse the application.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it an * implications report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration following discussions at the previous meeting where Members were minded to refuse the application.
The Area Planning Officer outlined the contents of the report by way of presentation highlighting the location of the site and the outcomes of the Harvesters appeal. She identified the proposed access to the site, the pedestrian footway, the indicative layout and photographs from various aspects of the site.
Consideration was given to:
· The issue of the 5 year land supply
· The reasons for refusal within the report
· The implications of refusing the application
RESOLVED that the application be refused on the following grounds:
(i) The application site is outside the current settlement limit boundaries of the village of Uffculme and is in the open countryside. Policy COR18 of the adopted Mid Devon Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1) seeks to strictly control development outside settlement limits and a development in this location of the scale as proposed would not be permitted under criteria a - f of this adopted policy. Neither is the site proposed to be allocated for housing within the Councils Local Plan Review 2013 -2033. The applicant asserts that the Local Planning Authority cannot demonstrate that it has an adequate five year supply of housing land as required by the National Planning Policy Framework, and therefore Policy COR18 should be afforded limited weight and that the application should be determined against the provisions of Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework. When tested against Paragraph 14 of the Framework the Local Planning Authority consider that the adverse impacts of the proposed development would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies of the Framework as a whole as well as being contrary to Policy COR1 of the Mid Devon Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1) and Policy DM1 of the Mid Devon Local Plan Part 3 (Development Management Policies).
(ii) The Local Planning Authority consider that the proposed unplanned development individually, and cumulatively together with the proposed development of the adjacent site (policy UF1 in the Local Plan Review) would lead to a detrimental impact upon the rural character of the area as a result of the ribbon form of development running west from the village of Uffculme and the effect of closing the existing green gap between Uffculme and the Langlands Business Park, contrary to policies COR2 of the Mid Devon Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1) and DM2 of the Local Plan Part 3 (Development Management Policies).
(Proposed by Cllr R L Stanley and seconded by Cllr R J Dolley)
(Vote: 6 for; 5 against)
Notes:
(i) A proposal to approve the application was not supported;
(ii) Cllrs Mrs F J Colthorpe, F W Letch and J D Squire requested that their vote against the decision be recorded;
(iii) In the case of an appeal, Cllrs R J Dolley, B A Moore and R L Stanley would represent the Local Planning Authority;
(iv) *Report previously circulated , copy attached to minutes.
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