Planning application
Land Adjacent Cloakham Lawn And Chard Road Chard Road Axminster
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition 21 of planning permission 23/0685/MOUT (Hybrid application: Outline application for the erection of up to 140 dwellings, 0.8 hectares of Class-E employment land, public open space, drainage and ancillary works (all matters reserved except access). Full application for works to football training pitch including drainage improvement work, 4x 15m tall floodlighting columns and erection of 6m high ballstop netting on west side of football pitch and training ground) to change wording from "...no adverse impacts on the vitality and viability of Axminster town centre...to "...no unacceptable adverse impacts on the vitality and viability of Axminster town centre..."
As published by the council, reference 26/0952/VAR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0952/VAR
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approval with conditions
- Received
- 14 May 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 2026
- Decided
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Axminster
- Parish
- Axminster
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 May 2026
Received by East Devon
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approval with conditions
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Grass Roots Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bristol
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East Devon granted permission on 6 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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