Planning application
Land Adjacent To Gerway Nurseries Gerway Close Ottery St Mary
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Environmental Impact Screening Opinion: Outline application (with all matters reserved except for access from Sidmouth Road) for the demolition of a farm building and the erection of up to 140 residential dwellings (Class C3) with associated infrastructure and engineering works including landscaping, open space, surface water drainage and internal roads/footpaths/cycleways.
As published by the council, reference 25/0017/EIA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0017/EIA
- Type
- EIA Screening Opinion
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 3 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 3 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Ottery St Mary
- Parish
- Ottery St Mary
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Devon register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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25/2468/MOUT Refused
Land Adjacent To Gerway Nurseries Gerway Close Ottery St Mary
Outline application (with all matters reserved except for access from Sidmouth Road) for the demolition of a farm building and the erection of up to 140 residential dwellings (Class C3) with associated infrastructure and engineering works including landscaping, open space, surface water drainage and internal roads/footpaths/cycleways.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Dec 2025
Received by East Devon
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Devon took a median of 42 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Devon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Devon decided outline applications in a median of 42 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Land Adjacent To Gerway Nurseries Gerway Close Ottery St Mary
Outline application (with all matters reserved except for access from Sidmouth Road) for the demolition of a farm building and the erection of up to 140 residential dwellings (Class C3) with associated infrastructure and engineering works including landscaping, open space, surface water drainage and internal roads/footpaths/cycleways.
Refused Outline Demolition 216 docsMajor scheme -
91 Claremont Field Ottery St Mary EX11 1RP
Removal of conservatory to be replaced with a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.22m, for which the maximum height would be 3.6m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.4m.
Granted Prior approval Extension 11 docsSmall domestic -
Land South Of Gerway Farm Ottery St Mary EX11 1PN
79% historically approved · decision due ~25 Dec
Certificate of existing lawfulness to confirm material start to planning permission 22/2667/FUL
Awaiting decision Lawful development 3 docs -
Cardarroch Ottery St Mary EX11 1PN
Proposed first floor extension and ground floor single storey extensions to the East, South & West elevations.
Granted Full applications Extension 12 docsSmall domestic -
Land East Of Sidmouth Road Ottery St Mary
91% historically approved · decision due ~30 Apr
Outline application for residential development for up to 63 dwellings and associated infrastructure (all matters reserved except for access)
Awaiting decision Outline New dwelling 140 docsMajor scheme -
1 Winters Lane Ottery St Mary Devon EX11 1AR
93% historically approved · decision due ~23 Sep
Construction of single storey side extension.
Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 6 docsSmall domestic
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