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Waddeton Park is currently in the process of preparing a planning application for up to 9 self or custom build dwellings on land at Culmstock Road, Hemyock.
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​The outline application will be for a new vehicular access, with matters of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping reserved for future consideration.
​Once you have read the information available on the website, you are able to complete the feedback form by clicking the 'Take the Survey' button under the 'Contact Us' section at the bottom of the page.
Who We Are
Waddeton Park is an independent land promoter who works closely with landowners, local authorities, stakeholders, and local people to secure planning permissions that will benefit everyone.
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We care about delivering planning consent for high quality, sustainable development which bring benefits to the wider community. Working with Hemyock Parish Council, we promoted the land that has been developed by Cavanna Homes to the west of the site, which provided 40 new open market and affordable homes and included the provision of 3 hectares of public open space for the village.
Mid Devon District Council’s ‘Housing Delivery Test Action Plan 2025 (April 2025)’
Our application will be submitted in response to the publication of Mid Devon District Council’s ‘Housing Delivery Test Action Plan 2025 (April 2025)’.
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The Action Plan confirms that the Council are unable to demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply and that the shortfall will increase from July 2025 when the revised standard method calculation will come into effect.
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Hemyock is identified as a designated village under Local Plan Policy S13. As such it is a sustainable rural location with a level of services where a small-scale residential development can contribute positively towards maintaining the vitality and viability of the settlement and community.
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The proposed development responds positively to Council’s encouragement for planning applications on small sites in suitable and sustainable locations.
The Council have also confirmed that there is a need identified on the Self Build Register for self or custom-build family homes in Hemyock. The proposed development can help to meet that need. It should also be noted that there is currently a shortfall in the supply of self and custom build housing across the district. The Council have a Legal Duty to grant sufficient development permissions to meet the district-wide demand. The proposed development can help to address some of that shortfall and assist the Council in meeting its Legal Duty.
Our Proposals
This proposal will be an outline application for up to 9 self or custom-build homes including access with all other matters reserved for future consideration. The development would consist of a mix of plot sizes to accommodate 4no. 3 bed homes and 5no. 4 bed homes.
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Whilst the details of the layout, design and landscaping proposals will be for consideration at the later Reserved Matters stage, the Illustrative Layout Plan above shows one way in which the site could be developed.
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The Illustrative Layout Plan demonstrates that each new home can be provided with adequate space for private garden amenity space, vehicle parking and turning and landscaping.
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The plan also confirms how the site can be developed with consideration to the key constraints and opportunities, including taking into account ecological and landscape related impacts and providing a suitable access and drainage strategy.
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It is also proposed to provide access from the site to the new public open space to the north and also include provision for an access to any future extension to the cemetery.
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The application will be accompanied by a Design Guidance document to help guide the future development of the site. This application would be followed by a subsequent formal design code and/ or plot passports for the site so individual plots would adhere to its principles.
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Access
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The proposed vehicle and pedestrian access to Culmstock Road will utilise a small section of the front garden of the adjacent property Butts Close to provide the necessary visibility splay.
It will also be necessary to reposition the western boundary fence of the existing property slightly to the east. Butts Close is in the same ownership as the application site.
Parking
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The illustrative layout confirms that there is sufficient space within each plot to provide vehicle parking, cycle storage and an electric vehicle charge point. The detailed layout and design of these provisions will be considered at the reserved matters stage.
Landscape
The Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVA) that will accompany the application confirms that the visual effects of the proposed development will in the main be seen through limited glimpses from surrounding longer distance viewpoints, the immediate neighbours to the south and the cemetery to the west.
The assessment concludes that, with mitigation in place in the form of new tree and hedgerow planning, the landscape impacts of the development will be relatively limited, with no significant adverse impacts.
Ecology
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The proposed development will necessitate the removal of only 5 small trees to create the site access and a small section of hedgerow to create a link from the site to the open space to the north. It is proposed that the removal is compensated by replacement planting.
The proposed development will not result in the loss of any A Category trees, or the loss of any veteran trees or those that are of particular visual importance.
The Mitigation Plan will accompany the application and will set out proposals for significant levels of new tree and hedgerow planting across the site.
Neighbouring properties
The technical reports and work done so far demonstrates that the development of the site will not result in any significant impacts on privacy, security, outlook or natural light of the neighbouring dwellings.
Principally this will be achieved through the offset from the boundary with existing development to the east and the intervening vegetation between these existing properties at Castle Park and the proposal, along with offset from the boundary to the south and the proposal for single storey dwellings to the rear of the two storey properties Bailey Lodge and Castle Dean.
Drainage
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The site is entirely within Flood Zone 1 and therefore there is a low probability of flooding.
There is an area of Flood Zone 3 associated with the adjacent watercourse immediately beyond the eastern extent of the application site, however this is not within the application red line.
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The Illustrative Layout Plan confirms that the site can be developed without encroachment into the area of flood risk and that the drainage strategy, including the proposed attenuation pond and drainage swale, can be accommodated.
Heritage
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A Historic Environment Assessment (HEA) that considers the impact of the proposed development on the possible heritage receptors has concluded that there will be no physical effect on any designated heritage assets or on archaeological or historical features identified on the Local Heritage List as non-designated heritage assets.
Self or Custom Build
The dwellings will be delivered as high quality custom build homes which is a form of self-build housing. This application will be submitted in outline and will establish the plot parameters for access, layout and scale, whilst also fixing an acceptable materials palette for the site’s sensitive location and surrounding built context.
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Those purchasing the plots will be doing so with an outline planning permission attached and will then be responsible for bringing forward the final detailed designs under a reserved matters application. We will fix a consistent design and materials approach for all nine dwellings at outline stage that will tightly regulate final designs at reserved matters and ensure consistency across the design of the nine dwellings.
Contact us
Comments from the community are welcomed in relation to the proposals.
Waddeton Park have appointed Community Consultants, TFA, who are available to assist in answering queries or providing help with access to information.