30-01-2025
Recommendation to reject controversial landfill near Kennford
A highly controversial plan to create a landfill site on fields in Devon has been recommended for plans for fields near Kennford on the outskirts of Exeter will be up for discussion at a Devon County Council meeting on site is owned by the Taverner family who also own the Orange Elephant Ice Cream company with its landmark orange elephant by the side of the A38 Devon Expressway near the proposed landfill county planning manager said in a report the creation of a landfill site for inert building waste would have an "unacceptable impact" on the area.
'Incongruous features'
In a report to be considered by the council's Development Management Committee it said: "The scale, design and nature of the proposals would result in significant adverse effects on the distinctive agricultural character and scenic quality of the area."The developer BT Jenkins has produced plans to restore the site once it has been used for landfill but the report said the results would "appear as incongruous features in the local landscape".The county planning manager also said the development would "detract from, and fail to achieve any enhancement to, the amenity and safety of users of the network of public rights of way".The Exeter Cycling Campaign, the Exeter and District Ramblers and hundreds of members of the public have objected to the application is for three phases of landfilling over a period of about 10 Development Management Committee is due to meet at 14:00 GMT at County Hall on Wednesday.
