Well done to the committee for sticking with their policies and not allowing developers to pressure them in to watering them down. Hopefully the inspector, at the inevitable appeal, will agree.
Alas Devon CC still ruins everything by insiting on Asphalt pavements
The Princes Trust tweeted support for the decision.
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Sherford developers have been blocked from scrapping a strict set of design rules – as councillors said the move would have created a “zombie town” with “years of planning thrown out of the window”.
Housing firms applied to ditch a town code drawn up 13 years ago and replace it with a set of “fundamental principles” allowing greater flexibility over materials and construction methods.
Consortium bosses denied the move would affect the quality of new homes, but members of the planning committee were not convinced.
Cllr Jonny Morris (Lab) said he did not want Sherford to end up like Poundbury in Dorchester, which he described as the sort of place you would see “in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse”.
Cllr Vivien Pengelly (Con): “I am deeply…
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