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17 Aug 2015

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Affordable and Social Housing, Cranbrook, EDDC

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Whose “bright idea” was it to have too little office space in Cranbrook? Whose even “brighter” idea was it to convert a new 3 bed house to get some?

Cabinet, 12th Aug 15, 5.30pm)

Click to access combined-final-agenda-120815.pdf

p.53 “planning permission would be required to change the use of a house to some form of office accommodation”

They are referring to a planning application to turn a newly-built 3 storey town house with no disabled access to upper floors into office space for which EDDC is prepared to pay out £25,000 for capital costs and £30K for revenue costs.

It appears that the very little amount of space available above the Younghayes Community Centre is already spoken for and the conversion of this house is EDDC’s answer to the underprovision:

http://www.exeterandeastdevon.gov.uk/retail-space-at-cranbrook/

With Cranbrook set to double, triple, quadruple or quintuple expand over the next few years, one wonders whether developers care about office provision.

Does it provide less profit than housing, perhaps? Why has the Local Plan not made adequate provision? Is this the first of many houses to be converted? Will any of this space be suitable for disabled access? Or was everyone expected to work at Skypark!

Another omnishambles.

3 thoughts on “Whose “bright idea” was it to have too little office space in Cranbrook? Whose even “brighter” idea was it to convert a new 3 bed house to get some?”

  1. The property has been “offered” by whom? Who owns this property now and why not living in it? Capital cost of £25k is presumably for conversion.

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  2. another example of daft thinking and planning this type of thing should be provided from the start of the development.

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