Cranbrook New Community.

Janthia Algate
Major Projects Manager
Telephone: (01395) 571742
E-mail: jalgate@eastdevon.gov.uk

Bill Richardson
New Community Officer
Telephone: (01395) 517584
E-mail: brichardson@eastdevon.gov.uk

The District Council's policies with regard to the New Community proposal are set out in Chapter 12 of the Revised Deposit Local Plan.

The Cranbrook New Community was granted outline planning permission on 29 October 2010. This permission has been issued now that the outstanding matters relating to the Legal Agreement and Strategies have been satisfactorily resolved, following a resolution to grant planning permission being passed by the Development Control Committee on 19th December 2006. Details of the report relating to this meeting can be accessed from the links below. The decision notice, Section 106 agreement and approved Strategies are also available through the links below:

•  Development Control Committee report for 19th December 2006 meeting. (586KB - 03 December 2010 - PDF Help)
•  Appendices for the Development Control Committee report for 19th December 2006 meeting. (1594KB - 03 December 2010 - PDF Help)
•  Decision notice. (121KB - 03 December 2010 - PDF Help)
• Approved Strategies:
•  Archaeological Mitigation Strategy. (7034KB - 15 December 2010 - PDF Help)
•  Employment and Retail Strategy. (384KB - 15 December 2010 - PDF Help)
• Landscape, Biodiversity and Drainage Strategy
•  Phasing Strategy. (3377KB - 15 December 2010 - PDF Help)
•  Strategic Design Guidance. (13871KB - 15 December 2010 - PDF Help)
•  Sustainability Strategy. (363KB - 15 December 2010 - PDF Help)
• Section 106 agreement. This can be viewed through the Council's Planning On-line Service. Simply enter the application number (03/P1900) into the search area, click 'search' and you will see details of the application. The various parts of the Section 106 Agreement can be viewed by clicking on the 'Documents' tab, and then clicking 'view associated documents'. Click here to access Planning On-line.
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An EIA was undertaken to consider the likely effects of the New Community development on geology and contamination, soils and agriculture, water resources (hydrology and drainage), landscape and visual, ecology and nature conservation; transport, air quality, noise and vibration, cultural heritage, society and economy, energy and resources and waste management. An up to date non-technical summary of the EIA will be available here soon. For any further detailed information from the EIA, please contact the Council’s New Community Officer (see details at the top of this page).

The Next Stage.

Further ‘Reserved Matters’ submissions (RM's), for the various parts of Cranbrook will be submitted in the coming months and years. These will include applications for important community infrastructure such as Cranbrook's first new primary school and a train station to serve the new community. Only those living in the immediate vicinity of each phase will be notified of its submission together with the 4 Parish Councils of Rockbeare, Clyst Honiton, Broadclyst and Whimple.

An indicative image of Cranbrook.

The History of the New Community planning applications.

The original planning application (03/P1900), submitted in July 2003, was considered by the Development Control Committee on 17th May 2005.

Meetings:

A meeting of all Members of the Council took place in the Council Chamber, Knowle, Sidmouth on Monday 16th May 2005 at 2.30pm. The purpose of this meeting was to explain the details of the outline planning application for a new community, and to answer questions from Members. Representatives of the Highways Agency, The Environment Agency and Devon County Council were in attendance. This meeting was not a forum for public debate, or debate of the issues by Members, as it was not a formal meeting of the Development Control Committee.

A Special Meeting of the Development Control Committee was held on Tuesday 17th May at 5.30pm - also in the Council Chamber, Knowle, Sidmouth.- and this is where the application was considered formally.

Members of the public were invited to these meetings, but were not allowed to speak.

Documents relating to these meetings can be viewed using the links below:

Main Report (364KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)	Appendix 1 (216KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)
Appendix 2 (187KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)	Appendix 3 (133KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)
Appendix 4 (181KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)	Appendix 5 (560KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)
Appendix 6 (462KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)	Appendix 7 (183KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)
Appendix 8 (408KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)	Appendix 9 (507KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)
Appendix 10 - 14 (113KB - 09 May 2005 - PDF Help)

Development Control Committee Decision:

At the latter of the meetings described above, the Development Control Committee resolved that, subject to a significantly improved affordable housing offer (the current offer being unacceptable), and the resolution of a number of other matters, then the principle of outline planning for a New Community would be acceptable.  However, this did not mean that outline planning permission had been formally granted at that time.  The unresolved issues needed to be resolved, a detailed and extensive legal agreement needed to be drawn up and signed, and various strategies put in place for the future delivery of Cranbrook, the name chosen for the New Community.

You can view the full minutes of the meeting on the 'Committee Papers page' of the web-site.

Second Amendment to the Original Planning Application for Cranbrook.

In November 2006, The East Devon New Community Partners submitted further amendments to the original planning application for a new community within East Devon, which was submitted in 2003.

This application was considered by the Councils Development Control Committee on 19th December 2006. The reports relevant to this meeting can be obtainted from the links at the top of this page.

A Duplicate Planning Application For Cranbrook.

In August 2005, The East Devon New Community Partners submitted a duplicate planning application for a new community in East Devon to The Council.

Page last updated on 4 October 2011