Dawlish News

PLANS to demolish a derelict Dawlish manor house and build homes in its place have been rejected by planners. Submitted to Teignbridge District Council (TDC) by Hannon Homes Ltd, 25/00991/FUL sought permission to demolish Fairfield House, which was ravaged by fire in 2018 following an arson attack, and build three, two-storey homes.

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Must be more to this story as to why no housing for a derelict site.

The council also said that the application had not demonstrated ‘that an adequate level of visibility could be achieved from the northerly access onto Ashcombe Road without the loss of the existing mature oak tree’.

An existing oak tree, but it is okay to lay waste to acres of agricultural grade land for multiple large housing estates!