Sidford business park > Fords planning application >>> 16/0669/MOUT >>> the full impact considered by the Town Council

There are huge concerns about 'overdevelopment' in the Sid Valley:
Futures Forum: "Sid Valley under threat from developers >>> Have your say before it’s too late"
Futures Forum: Sidford business park > Fords planning application >>> 16/0669/MOUT >>> and the potential impact on Sidmouth's High Street

The Town Council met earlier this evening to consider the latest in the application at Sidford:
Futures Forum: Sidford business park > Fords planning application >>> 16/0669/MOUT >>> to be considered Weds 7th Sept

And there will be a public meeting next week to allow for more input:
Futures Forum: Sidford business park > Fords planning application >>> 16/0669/MOUT >>> >>> public information meeting: Monday 12th September

The true impact of the proposed development was debated by Councillors today:
www.sidmouth.gov.uk/images/PL._AGENDA_7.9.16.pdf

Here is the commentary earlier from the Save Our Sidmouth blog - together with photographs and photomontages of the area:


TODAY.. Sidmouth Town Council planning committee to consider Fords’ amended planning application. St Peter’s Church Hall, Sidford, 6.30pm

September 7, 2016 by sidmouthsid 1 Comment

The site of the proposed Sidford business park is in Two Bridges Road, on land to the right in this picture (August 2016).

The following photos and illustrations sent in to SOS may help with visualising the impact of the current planning application on the landscape, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) .

The planning application is for phase 1 (shown in planning application document shown below .Hard standing areas for vehicles have been highlighted for clarity, and the recent photo of a nearby business park (Honiton, Heathpark) indicate what they typically look like.

Photomontage of planning application:

Heathpark, Honiton:

The planning application includes warehousing and storage. These photos show Fords’ present site at the Alexandria Road Industrial estate.

TODAY.. Sidmouth Town Council planning committee to consider Fords’ amended planning application. St Peter’s Church Hall, Sidford, 6.30pm | Save Our Sidmouth

More considerations that STC may address at today’s planning meeting (6.30pm, St Peter’s Church Hall, Sidford)

September 7, 2016 by sidmouthsid Leave a comment

Further visual images to give an indication of the possible effect on the landscape of Fords’ planning application ref 16/0669/MOUT, for Land adjacent to Two Bridges Road, Sidford.

Previous building overlooking the site, e.g. the bungalows in Sid Vale Close, seem to have been planned as single storey to minimise impact on the landscape. In contrast, the buildings in Fords’ planning application document are shown as two-storey, with a pitched roof, and appear very close to the road. No heavy goods vehicles are shown.

 

 

An indication of how the development could affect what are now open views, has been sent in to SOS by a local resident (approximation only):

More considerations that STC may address at today’s planning meeting (6.30pm, St Peter’s Church Hall, Sidford) | Save Our Sidmouth
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