Knowle relocation project >>> SOS response to PegasusLife planning application >>> visual impact

The planning application for Knowle is now in - and is open to comment until 15th June:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project >>> PegasusLife planning application "to bring a new lease of life" to the site >>> latest reports

Save Our Sidmouth has just released this comment:

PegasusLife have made their Planning Application for the Knowle. The reference, to be quoted in any correspondence, is 16/0872/MFUL. The return date for comments and objections at the moment is 15th June.

Save Our Sidmouth (SOS) has numerous comments on the proposal, which will be submitted to East Devon District Council (EDDC) in the near future, and published on this website, in advance of the due date, to enable you to comment if you so wish.

Foremost amongst SOS objections will be
— the excessive number of dwellings planned, (Currently 115, in contrast to 50 allocated in the Local Plan)
— insufficient parking for the residents, which will mean they are likely to use the remaining public car park
— building on the existing terraces
— use of inappropriate materials and finishes
— and, very importantly, the height and visual intrusiveness of the buildings, and the massing.
The buildings are high (e.g. building F is nearly 7m higher than the existing roof line) and will have a far greater visual impact than the present ones. The artist’s impression below gives some idea of this.

Present view of Knowle buildings as seen from across the Bickwell Valley

An approximation with heights verified, of the west face of the Knowle Plateau using Pegasus’s drawings – as not supplied in their Townscape and Visual Impact Report. It omits the rear buildings in order to show a section of the existing Knowle building- for scale.

Save Our Sidmouth

These are updated versions of the earlier photo-montages:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project >>> a far more imposing development than assumed? Part Two
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