Aggregate Industries’ "final response" for its planning application to quarry Straitgate Farm has not persuaded Devon Gardens Trust to lift their previous objection to the proposal.
Last week, Devon Gardens Trust – part of The Gardens Trust, and statutory consultee on development affecting registered parks and gardens in Devon – wrote:
On the basis of the supplementary documents now provided, we conclude that, if implemented, the proposed scheme would cause more than substantial harm to the Grade II designed landscape at Cadhay, which forms the designed setting for the Grade I house. This level of harm to two, inter-related, nationally designated heritage assets, clearly conflicts with Government planning guidance contained in the National Planning Policy Framework (especially paras 193-195), and with local and County planning policy.In these circumstances we urge your Authority to withhold consent for this highly detrimental proposal.
