Planning Committee

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PLANNING COMMITTEE

9 July 2021

Dear Councillor

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Meeting of the Planning Committee at which your attendance is summoned, will be held at The Manor House, Old Town Street, Dawlish, EX7 9AP on Thursday, 15th July 2021 at 7.00 pm to transact the business specified in the Agenda as set out.

Andrew McKenzie Town Clerk

Distribution: The Mayor and Members of Planning Committee as follows:

Councillors Goodman-Bradbury (Chairman), Taylor (Deputy Chairman), Foden, Heath, James, Tamlyn, Woods, Wrigley, Mawhood (ex-Officio) and Mayne (ex-Officio)

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For information – to be taken as read:

1 Declarations of Interest – Members are reminded that they should declare any interest in the items to be considered and are also advised that the timescale to alter their stated interests with the District Council’s Monitoring Officer is 28 days.

2 Items requiring urgent attention – to consider those items which, in the opinion of the Committee Chair, should be considered by the meeting as matter of urgency (if any). To be taken at the end of the meeting.

3 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 deems that all information held by this Council should be freely available to the public unless it falls under one of 23 exemptions.

4 The Data Protection Act 2018 precludes this Authority from publishing the names, addresses or other private information of individuals unless written permission is given by the individual for such details to be made public. Therefore, where necessary, personal details have been removed from the papers attached to ensure that information held is available, but individuals are protected.

5 Categorisation of Applications Teignbridge District Council place applications in two categories: Teignbridge District Council initially lists most applications as DEL (Delegated - Officer) unless it has some interest in either the land or the application. Applications listed as DEL may be dealt with under delegated approval; i.e. the Head of Planning Services may be authorised to make a decision under powers specifically given to him. Where an application concerns land or development in which the District Council has an interest, it will be listed as COMM (Committee) so that it must be considered by the Development Control Committee and cannot be decided under delegated powers. A ward Member may request that an application is listed as COMM so that it must be considered by the Development Control Committee and cannot be decided under delegated powers. The Head of Planning Services may also list an application as COMM. On receipt, applications are numbered according to application type: ADV - application to display adverts; AGR - agricultural notification; CAN - Conservation Area notifications (Trees); CIR - Circular 18/84; CON - Conservation Area Consent; COU - Change of Use; CPE - Certificate of Existing Lawful use/dev; CPL - Certificate of proposed lawful use/dev; DCC- Devon County Council consultation; DCR3 - Devon County Council Regulation 3; DCR4 - Devon County Council Regulation 4; DEM - demolition; ES - Environmental Statement; EXMPT - Exempt works trees; EXEMPTC - Except works Conservation Area trees; FOLIO - folio; FUL - Full application; HAZ - Hazardous notification; HEDGE - Hedgerow notification; LBC - Listed Building Consent; LBD - Listed Building Consent/demolition; MAJ - Major application; MOD - Modification to Section 106 Order; OUT - Outline application;

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PE - Preliminary enquiry; REM - removal of reserved matters; SWE - overhead lines; TDC - Teignbridge District Council Regulation 3 or 4; TEL - Tele- Page 2 communication notification; TELM - Telecommunication mast notification; TPO - Tree Preservation Order; VAR - Vary condition; WC - without compliance.

6 Mobile telephones Councillors and members of the public are requested to ensure that mobile phones are switched to ‘silent’ during the meeting to avoid disruption.

7 Recording this meeting may be filmed or audio taped.

8 Public Participation: Members of the public will be given an opportunity to address Councillors present at this meeting regarding agenda items, at the discretion of the Chairman. Members of the public will also be given an opportunity to discuss Town Council activities not on the current agenda after the close of the meeting. The comments of members of the public and electors of the parish who speak before the start of the meeting or following the close of the meeting will not form part of the Minutes of the meeting.

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A G E N D A PART I (Open to the Public)

1. Apologies for absence

2. Agreement of the Agenda between Parts I and II

3. Declarations of Interest

To declare any disclosable interests relating to the forthcoming items of business (if any).

4. Dispensations

To receive and consider requests for dispensation (if any).

5. Minutes (Pages 7 - 12)

To approve and sign the minutes of the Planning Committee held on

6. Correspondence (Pages 13 - 14)

To receive correspondence on planning matters.

7. Draft Teignbridge Local Plan (Part 2) 2020-2040 (Pages 15 - 18)

To consider additional comments following consideration at the Town Council meeting on 7 July to help inform the Planning Committee’s response on behalf of the Town Council, regards the Draft Teignbridge Local Plan (Part 2) 2020-2040, to the Planning Authority.

The initial response, as considered by Town Council, is attached for information.

8. Deferment of business for comment by the public

Business of the Planning Committee will be suspended at the discretion of the Chairman, to allow members of the public present at the meeting to make representations to the Committee for a period of time to be determined by the Chairman, relating to matters listed on this agenda.

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New Applications for Consideration

9. 21/01086/HOU - 1 The Close Dawlish EX7 0JH

PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish South West APPLICATION REF: 21/01086/HOU LOCATION: 1 The Close Dawlish Devon EX7 0JH PROPOSAL: Single storey side extension and detached garage Web Link: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=21/01086/HOU&MN=Y

10. 21/01353/FUL 7 Barton Villas Dawlish EX7 9QJ

PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish South West APPLICATION REF: 21/01353/FUL LOCATION: 7 Barton Villas Dawlish Devon EX7 9QJ PROPOSAL: Removal of three single existing garages to rear and replacement with two double garages Web Link: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=21/01353/FUL&MN=Y

11. 21/01377/MAJ Land off Exeter Road Langdon Dawlish

PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish North East APPLICATION REF: 21/01377/MAJ LOCATION: Land Off Exeter Road Langdon Dawlish Devon PROPOSAL: Construction of a new care home (Use Class C2) together with associated access, car and cycle parking, landscaping, and amenity space provision Web Link: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=21/01377/MAJ&MN=Y

12. 21/01318/FUL 25 The Strand Dawlish EX7 9PS

PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish South West APPLICATION REF: 21/01318/FUL LOCATION: 25 The Strand Dawlish Devon EX7 9PS PROPOSAL: Erect an awning over shop window Web Link: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=21/01318/FUL&MN=Y

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13. 21/01364/FUL Cofton Country Holiday Park Cofton Lane Cofton

PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish North East APPLICATION REF: 21/01364/FUL LOCATION: Cofton Country Holiday Park Cofton Lane Cofton Devon EX6 8RP PROPOSAL: Eleven static lodges including 22 parking spaces and decking areas Web Link: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=21/01364/FUL&MN=Y

Provisional Tree Preservation Order(s)

14. E2/29/97 Land at Electricity Sub-Station opposite 18 Teignmouth Road Dawlish

PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish South West APPLICATION REF: E2/29/97 LOCATION: Land at Electricity Sub-Station, opposite 18 Teignmouth Road, Dawlish TITLE: The District of Teignbridge (Teignmouth Road Dawlish) Tree Preservation Order 2021

http://docimages.teignbridge.gov.uk/Planning/lg/GFPlanningDocuments.page?org.apache.shale.dialog.DIAL OG_NAME=gfplanningsearch&Param=lg.Planning&viewdocs=true&SDescription= E2/29/97

PART II (PRIVATE) Items which may be taken in the absence of the Public and Press on grounds that Exempt Information may be disclosed as defined in the Local Government Act 1972 and Public Bodies (Admission to meetings) Act 1960.

Nil.

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DAWLISH TOWN COUNCIL

Minutes of a Meeting of the Planning Committee held The Manor House on Thursday, 24th June 2021 at 7.00 pm

Present: Councillors Goodman-Bradbury (Chairman), Taylor (Deputy Chairman), Heath, Tamlyn, Woods, Wrigley and Mawhood (ex-Officio)

Absent: Councillors James, and Mayne

Officers In attendance: Andrew McKenzie, Town Clerk

Public Participation: There was no public participation

The following minutes will be considered for approval at the next meeting of the Town Council and may be subject to change until that time.

Part I

32 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Foden.

Resolved that the apology be noted.

33 AGREEMENT OF THE AGENDA BETWEEN PARTS I AND II

There was no Part II.

34 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

• Councillor Taylor declared an Appendix B interest by virtue of his position as Portfolio Holder for Planning on the Teignbridge District Council Executive Committee. Councillor Taylor would speak to the item, but not take part in the vote.

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• Councillor Wrigley declared an Appendix B interest by virtue of his position as Chairman of the South East Devon Habitat Regulations Executive Committee. Councillor Wrigley would speak and vote on the item.

35 DISPENSATIONS

There were none.

36 MINUTES

Resolved that the minutes of the meeting held on 3 June be approved and signed as a correct record and accurate record.

37 CORRESPONDENCE

Applications granted in support of this council’s recommendation:

• 21/00999/TPO – Bluewater Holiday Homes, Mount Pleasant Road Height reduce conifers and prune where overhanging

• 21/00758/FUL – Seaborne Hall, Sandy Lane Change of roof material

• 21/00737/HOU – Rougemont, Sherwells Close Detached garage and workshop to front

• 21/00940/HOU – 7 West Cliff Road New front dormer

• 21/01004/HOU – 91 West Cliff Park Drive Loft conversion with rear dormer and balcony

Applications refused contrary to this council’s recommendation:

• 21/00228/FUL – 15-17 Piermont Place Replacement canopies and side screens

Applications granted contrary to this council’s recommendation:

• 20/00805/FUL – Site of Shell Cove House, 19 Old Teignmouth Road Formation of six dwellings, garages and associated works

Councillor Woods joined the meeting at 7.10 p.m.

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38 DRAFT TEIGNBRIDGE LOCAL PLAN (PART 2) 2020-2040

Members considered the Draft Local Plan (Part 2) 2020-2040 and its supporting documents. This followed the Draft Local Plan (Part 1) published last year which contained policies to manage how development took place in the area.

Members considered the process the Council would follow to respond to the consultation by 9 August 2021, and it was

Resolved that

(a) the matter be deferred to the Town Council meeting on 7 July to afford all Councillors the ability to make comments on the Draft Local Plan (Part 2) 2020- 2040;

(b) the Town Council’s Planning Committee consider comments made at the Town Council meeting on 7 July and prepare the response on behalf of the Council at its meetings to be held on 15 July and 5 August, in accordance with the Committee’s terms of reference.

During discussion on the item, the following points were made:

• a lack of infrastructure existed within the parish in relation to road, rail and cycle links, doctors, schools and hospitals; • development should take place on the north side of the Parish; • there appeared to be no mention of the requirement of green corridors given we were currently in a 6th extinction of wildlife which had also not been recognised in the document; • population figures should be based on current levels and not those from the 2011 census; • concerns with sewerage capacity, surface water runoff, and drainage in the Dawlish Warren area, • the A379 was not fit for increased traffic levels and was not safe for children walking to school with no pavement on the seaward side of the road; • the doctors surgery had been expanded on the basis of the previous local plan policy DA2 and concern existed that further expansion would not be possible.

39 DEFERMENT OF BUSINESS FOR COMMENT BY THE PUBLIC

No members of the public were present.

40 21/00998/HOU - 6 SOUTHDOWNS ROAD

Resolved unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends No Objection to this application.

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41 21/01170/FUL - COFTON COUNTRY HOLIDAY PARK

Resolved unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends No Objection to this application.

42 21/01284/HOU - 28 FIRST AVENUE

Resolved unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends No Objection to this application, subject to not restricting service vehicles from gaining access.

43 21/00590FUL - MANNINGS YARD

Resolved unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends No Objection to this application subject to there being safe access to the site, appropriate storage for litter to prevent littering of the nearby Brook and reserve, and that the comments made by the Police be taken onboard in terms of site security and the prevention of crime.

44 21/01246/FUL - LA FALAISE 9 OLD TEIGNMOUTH ROAD

Resolved unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends Refusal of this application, on the grounds of:

• its proximity to, and stability of, the cliff edge; • overdevelopment of the site • lack of a construction management plan regards the public right of way to ensure its continued access; and • the apparent lack of consultation with Network Rail regards the application.

45 21/01248/FUL - LA FALAISE 9 OLD TEIGNMOUTH ROAD

Resolved unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends Refusal of this application, on the grounds of:

46 21/01339/AGR - ST JEAN EXETER ROAD

It was noted this application had been approved by the planning authority on 23 June 2021 as it did not require prior approval. The application was therefore not considered by this Council.

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47 21/00733/HOU - 33 HOLCOMBE ROAD

It was noted that this application had been withdrawn

The meeting was closed by the Chairman at 8.50 pm

...... Cllr Lin Goodman-Bradbury Chairman – Planning Committee

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Item 6 Correspondence:

Applications granted in support of this council’s recommendation:

• 21/00973/HOU – 10 Upper Longlands, Dawlish Retention Of Rear Balcony And Side Deck Area

• 21/00555/FUL – 61 Old Town Street, Dawlish Subdivision of dwelling to form two dwellings with alterations to windows and doors

• 21/01170/FUL – Cofton Country Holiday Park, Cofton Lane Provision Of Tree Based Ropes Adventure Course

• 21/01284/HOU – 28 First Avenue Detached garage

Applications refused contrary to this council’s recommendation:

• 20/01769/LBC – Lower Rixdale Farm, Lower Dawlish Water Conversion of barn to a dwelling with associated new courtyard and outbuildings, with demolition of existing cattle shed and dairy (revised scheme to remove modern softwood roof truss to historic barn and increase window opening area to the proposed dining room extension)

• 21/00296/LBC - Lower Rixdale Farm Barn, Lower Dawlish Water Conversion of barn to a dwelling with associated new courtyard and outbuildings, with demolition of existing cattle shed and dairy (revised scheme for amendment of window to dining room to rear extension to form two separate windows, change stable gables from stonework to softwood cladding, remove one carport garage beam support post to leave one and change of glazed link from fully glazed to aluminium framed glazing)

Applications granted contrary to this council’s recommendation: Nil.

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From Dawlish Planning Committee - 01/07/2021

PROPOSED HELAA Local Plan comments from members of the Planning Committee.

Members are asked to read and review this document prior to the Full Council meeting on Wednesday 7th July. The proposal is that this document or a modified version of it is to be submitted to Teignbridge District Council in response to the Local Plan consultation.

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Dawlish Town Council Members want to highlight the following points when considering further development in and around Dawlish Parish in response to the Local Plan consultation.

1. Infrastructure

We have grave concerns as to whether the infrastructure of the parish is robust and able to cope with the increased population, traffic and demands on services that the proposed housing expansion would bring.

Roads - The main link to the major employment sites of Newton Abbot and Exeter from Dawlish is the A379. This road is already suffering heavy day to day congestion at the current level of housing. Commuters to Exeter are also joined at Exminster by many other commuters. There is only single lane direct access to connect Dawlish to A380, A38 and M5 from Dawlish

Many parts of the main road network do not have safe pedestrian access or cycle paths. There is an hourly bus route plus train link, but this is situated in the centre of town and would still require driving from outlying estates to access it.

The coastal town of Dawlish also has a huge increase of population during holiday periods as visitors come to stay within the parish. This again stretches the already stretched resources and impacts on the infrastructure and services.

Services - Major improvements to pavements or cycle paths would be required for many of the proposed sites to enable safe pedestrian access from one side of the parish to the other and safely access the train station. Bus and train service would also need to be expanded to encourage more public transport use to support any increase in population and offer a more viable solution.

Bank - The local plan document states that Dawlish has as bank. This is not correct. The two banks that were in the town have since closed and now only visit on a weekly basis with mobile vans for 30 minutes time slots. This in our opinion is not the same service as “A Bank"

Page 15 Doctors’ surgery/ Hospital - This was expanded on the basis of the DA2. development so further housing/ population would also require further investment and expansion to support the increased population. The status quo would not be feasible as the services are already stretched to support the influx of visitors in the holiday season.

Schools - An increase in development will also necessitate at least one extra primary school and possible extra provision for Secondary school places. The A379 road access means that there is no safe sustainable journey to school for pupils currently so expansion would make this situation worse. In addition, Dawlish also does not have adequate nursery provision.

Water, drainage, and Sewage- The number of homes has increased yet water and waste capacity has not changed. Significant increased capacity for water pressure, drainage and sewage processing would be required. The further building work and development would mean less land to soak away rainfall and so more water run-off. Some of the HELAA sites border the Exe estuary SSSI. The further development and increase of built-up areas could cause critical damage to the SSSI caused by this run off. This would also impact the other water courses in the area with floods being a much more common occurrence.

In addition: Dawlish Town Council has declared a Climate Change emergency so is looking to build a sustainable Town and Parish with safe access for pedestrians to walking and cycling routes. With further development it is local wildlife that would also suffer.

2.Comments on Specific sites:

- It is our opinion that we discount those areas that do not rated as Yellow through the HELAA process. This would discount most or all the following sites for housing development:

- Land West of Teignmouth Road. Flagged Amber in HELAA. Undeveloped Coast. Remote from local services.

- Land at Warren Farm. Flagged Amber in HELAA. Sits alongside area of Undeveloped Coast. (Previously considered for a SANGS Coastal Park - perhaps could be considered for further SANGS, community facilities or other green infrastructure should other sites in same ownership be taken forward?).

- Land at Langdon Farm. Flagged Amber in HELAA process. County Wildlife Site with mitigation Area for Cirl Bunting pairs displaced from DA2 over western fields. Remote from local services (although less so at north-eastern fringe of site adjacent to Land at Langdon Hospital, below)

Other Flagged Yellow sites are only deliverable in part (HELAA text in quotes):

- Land at Amity Farm (1 of 2, ref 5h15yx9). “Submitted for consideration for tourism purposes”. Northern part disregarded (“access…landscape…remote”).

Page 16 - Land at Langdon Hospital. “Approximately 500m west of Shutterton Bridge and adjacent to allocated development, to the northwest of the hospital, becoming almost 1.5km distant from Shutterton Bridge. In considering this site for development, only the two fields that lie to the south of the hospital, closest to the allocated development are considered to have potential”.

- Land off Langdon Road. Much of site is already identified either for housing at DA2 or for Green Infrastructure at DA6. Of the remainder, “North facing slopes and higher elevations which comprise the bulk of the land parcel would be conspicuous from the wider landscape” (as would any access route).

Of the other sites put forward to the north of Dawlish the distance from local services would leave Sparrow’s Nest an outlier (but it is alongside the A379 on a regular bus route). Of the remainder of the sites in this vicinity, some contain areas of higher ground and are conspicuous in the landscape. Development would therefore need to be handled sensitively with tree planting and other listed mitigation measures such as improved or new sustainable travel corridors, road crossings, green infrastructure (playing fields, community orchard, allotments, etc).

We could consider brownfield sites other than the development at the vets when it serves the community well where it is. We would suggest this site is removed from the plan.

3. Total Housing numbers of up to 7272 (including all noted in Dawlish coastal sites)

DTC consider this number fundamentally too large. We would consider that 10% or less of the housing numbers for sites put forward would be the maximum that infrastructure, climate change and landscape constraints could sustain. This would be in the region of 700 additional houses in the parish, developed during the lifetime of the next local plan period of 2020- 2040.

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