LAND OFF WOODA ROAD, APPLEDORE

OUR DEVELOPMENT

Welcome to our community website where you can learn more about our proposals for up to 36 new homes (a good proportion of which would be bungalows) and public open space on Land at Wooda Road, Appledore.  

The site lies immediately to the north east of our existing development, Estuary View, for which we received consent from Torridge District Council in March 2021 to build 89 new homes (planning reference 1/0871/2020/REMM). Indeed, we anticipate vehicular access to the site would be provided from Estuary View. 

Although this site is not allocated, Torridge District Council does not at present have enough sites allocated to satisfy its delivery targets. We are therefore proposing that this site would be appropriate because it is easily deliverable in a sustainable location and will provide a number of benefits. The plan below shows the site in red, with our existing development in blue.  

In early 2022, we wrote to more than 200 local properties, encouraging people to visit this website and view or download our exhibition material, which can be found here. 

We submitted an outline planning application to Torridge District Council in February 2022. Full details can be viewed on the Council’s website, using the reference 1/0205/2022/OUTM.

OUR PROPOSALS

We are proposing:

• a high-quality development of up to 36 new homes, of which 30% would be affordable housing and made available to local families.

• a good proportion of bungalows, in keeping with the local area while also meeting local needs and limiting landscape impact.

• vehicular access would be only from our current development at Estuary View.

• a footpath / cycle link only, directly on to Pitt Hill / Lane. The existing footpath is proposed to be slightly diverted to better plan for its use as part of our proposed development.

• a sensitively planned development that does not have an adverse impact on Tapeley Park and other viewpoints in the context of existing and planned development.

• attractive green infrastructure that provides a suitable backdrop to the development and useful amenity space for residents and the community. Existing hedgerows & trees would be retained and integrated into the public realm as important landscape and ecological resources.

• lower density and lowest storey heights to the north and east, abutting the existing low density edge of settlement.

• parking levels that meet the requirements of Devon County Council and achieve a minimum of one space per apartment and two spaces per house.