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Case Officer: D Crowther Site: Cable Cottage, Cliff Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8LDApplication No: 41/0039/08/F Date Received: 11th January 2008 Agent: BeswickPartnership Ltd, Sun Street, Tewkesbury ,Glos, GL20 5NX Applicant: Mr & Mrs MWarner Development: Removal of structually unsound cottage and erection of newdwelling \ + \ + h + [ \ + h h 8.6m Moult Farm Moult Mews BM5.27m Car Park CarPark 3.5m Moult Lodge Boulders Boulders Court Oasis Scale 1:1250 For internalreference only no further copies to be made This map is reproduced from the

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Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of theController of Her Majesty's Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised

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reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civilproceedings. South Hams District Council. 100022628. 2007 16.04.2008 DC0901MW

Policies Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Design Countryside CoastalPreservation Area Affecting a Listed Building Consultations Devon County Council

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County Highways Authority No comment South West Water No comment EnvironmentAgency No objection subject to condition floor levels Land Drainage No commentEnvironmental Health Section No comment Contamination Officer Recommendsconditions attached to any planning permission County Archaeologist Recommendscondition attached to any planning permission requiring a full recording of thestructure prior to demolition. Conservation Officer No objection. This applicationarrives after a previous scheme had been submitted to and approved by the LocalPlanning Authority (ref: 0811/07/F) at the beginning of last year. There is verylittle difference in what was previously approved and what is now proposed otherthan a small increase in height given the new Environment Agencys concerns

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regarding flooding issues. The main difference is that this current applicationseeks to demolish the existing building and to rebuild. As you are aware there wasa request to HE and the DCMS to Spot List the building, however confirmation has

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now been obtained from the governing body (EH) that they have chosen not to listthe building. Undoubtedly the building offers much in the way of local historicinterest, being the site where a submarine cable came onshore, representative ofthe technology of the day, mid 19th century. 16.04.2008 DC0901MW

Although architecturally the building offers a most pleasing aesthetic, thecottage which housed the cable would when first constructed have been a simple

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utilitarian non-domestic structure. As such the building as we see it todayrepresents later intervention when the structure was revamped to suit habitablepurposes. Although when viewed in a national context the Cable Cottage may notmake the grade architecturally, as mentioned above it does offer a degree of localinterest. As it stands the building is non-listed and does not lie within aconservation area and as such is afforded no protection from demolition. Thedifference between this scheme and the previous approved scheme is negligible andas such there is no Officer objection. Town Council Salcombe Town Council make

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the following observations:Objection. Councillors are aware of the historic andscientific significance of this property locally. It was noted that the assertionis that the property is structurally unsafe but this statement was challenged dueto the buildings test of time and the fact that it has always leaned. It was feltthat this application is an overdevelopment of the site and out of keeping withthe locality due to the proposal to double the size from its original structure(CS7, CS9, KP11). Set in a Coastal Preservation Area this property is felt to bein harmony with its surroundings and such changes as proposed would not promotethe importance of this building to this area in terms of the evolution of globaltelecoms and thus undermine its historical value (CS9, DC21, DC24). The Clerk wasrequested to write to the Institute of Electrical Engineers in London advising ofthe concerns for Cable Cottage and asking for information and support. Letters ofrepresentation can be viewed on the planning website. Case Officer ReportDescription of Site and Proposal Detached property in prominent location to thenorth-west corner of North Sands Bay, separated from the beach by Cliff Road.Relevant Planning History Planning application 41/0811/07/F approved 4 June 2007for alterations and extensions to cottage and garage. The Conservation Officerraised no objection to application 41/0811/07/F and made the following comments:I am pleased to state that this latest offering has addressed the issues that

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were raised previously, namely; the amount of flat-roof and the scale of the

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glass box. Cable Cottage sits in a most prominent location on the north west

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corner of North Sands Bay, separated from the beach only by Cliff Road, vastpublic views are afforded onto the property both front and rear. 16.04.2008DC0901MW