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Strategic Development Land Holne Road
Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0BJ
United Kingdom
Acreage
4.28
CODE 5587
Residential Development Potential - Subject to Planning
Offers for the Freehold purchase of the land or Option/Promotion Agreement terms are to be submitted by Noon on Thursday 8th December.

The site comprises a sloping and broadly rectangular shaped parcel of agricultural pastureland which borders the existing settlement of Buckfastleigh. The land is bound by mature hedgerows and benefits from a direct road access to the east off Holne Road. The land borders an area of mature woodland to the south. The land extends to approximately 4.28 acres (1.73 hectares).

The parcel of land is situated within the Local Planning Authority of Dartmoor National Park for which policy governing planning decisions is dictated by the Dartmoor Local Plan 2018-2036. The Local Plan was adopted on 3 December 2021. The site was previously identified with an Allocation for residential development under Local Plan policy BCK2. The full policy requirement for BCK2 was "An area of land 1.7 ha in extent adjacent to Holne Road, Buckfastleigh, is allocated for housing, not less than 50% of which should be affordable housing to meet identified local needs". The site was also retained for housing in the consultation final draft of the Dartmoor Local Plan (Regulation 19) which identifies a development of around 28 homes.

A planning application was submitted by Burrington Estates in 2018 for an open market scheme on site - "0452/18 - Residential development for up to 30 dwellings together with associated highways and drainage infrastructure, open space and landscaping'. This application was subject to a Refusal in September 2020 on the basis of absence of any on-site affordable housing provision and without adequate ecological survey information. Please see the decision notice and officers report for further details.

As part of the current adopted plan 'BCK2 Housing land at Holne Road' has been superseded and 'Replaced by Proposal 7.6 Land at Timbers Road, Buckfastleigh' which benefits from an allocation for 70 dwellings. The Local Plan also references 'site 7.5' which is an allocation for 26 homes at Barn Park, Buckfastleigh. As such the allocation for the subject land has fallen away.

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These particulars are intended as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation, and other details are given without responsibility. Intending purchasers or tenants should satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of all statements and representations before entering into any agreement. No employee or partner of Bruton Knowles has authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to the property.