Issue - meetings

Payh_01 Slade Barton

Proposed use: Housing

Number of dwellings: 15

Officer recommendation: Not to allocate

Committee agreed to move on to the next site allocation

Payh_02 Behind playing fields EX14 3HR

Proposed use: Housing

Number of dwellings: 14

Officer recommendation: Not to allocate

Committee agreed to move on to the next site allocation

Payh_03 Markers Park

Proposed use: Housing

Number of dwellings: 50

Officer recommendation: in part Allocate Payh_03a with 15 dwellings

Viv Game advised the committee that the constraints on the site determined by the Council in 2002 had not changed; local sewage was still overwhelmed, and the site was outside the neighbourhood plan area. The site was diverse in wildlife, with a number of recorded species recorded on the site.

Cllr Tim Cox, representing Payhembury Parish Council, advised that to include the site would increase the village size by 12%.  Existing sewage could not  cope with that and the local school was both full and with a waiting list.

Ward Member Cllr Richard Jefferies highlighted the demands for class Q barn conversions and the continuing sewage issues.

The committee were shown a view of the site from the approach road. The 2022 assessment had related to a larger site, but for this consideration the site had been split, with one area being suitable for approximately 15 dwellings.

The committee discussed aspects, with a proposal to move on failing.

Cllr B Collins proposed, seconded by Cllr C Brown, to allocate the site Payh_03a.

The Chair proposed to move on from site Payh_03b.

Committee endorsed the recommendation to include Payh_03a for 15 dwellings in the site allocation.

In considering Payh_03b, Committee agreed to move on to the next site allocation.