Sidmouth Road Development Action Group

Sidmouth Road Development Action Group We are a group of Ottery residents who are concerned about two proposed developments of over 200 houses on the Sidmouth Road.

The Gerway Farm application for 140 houses was REFUSED today with the result as the subject of a report on BBC Spotlight...
12/05/2026

The Gerway Farm application for 140 houses was REFUSED today with the result as the subject of a report on BBC Spotlight this evening!

Huge shout out to the over 60 concerned residents who attended to oppose the application and a massive round of applause to the speakers and everyone involved with protesting this development.

Cllrs Vicky Johns, Jess Bailey and Peter Faithfull did a great job articulating their opposition plus a member of the planning committee Cllr Bethany Collins also expressed her obvious concern, as did many of the other councillors.

The deliberations lasted 2.5 hours, It was a really tense meeting. We all feared at various points it was going to be either approved or deferred. Eventually 9 cllrs voted against, with 4 abstentions.

Grounds for refusal were:
harm to the landscape
loss of best and most versatile agricultural land and
development contrary to strategy.

Yaay!

We would like to thank Jess Bailey - Otter Valley Devon County Councillor for joining us in opposition to this proposed ...
11/05/2026

We would like to thank Jess Bailey - Otter Valley Devon County Councillor for joining us in opposition to this proposed development.

Jess will be speaking out against these proposed 140 houses at the EDDC planning meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) alongside 5 members of our steering group, a representative from Ottery Town Council and our local Ottery St Mary EDDC Councillor.

Together let's show EDDC our strength of feeling against this development 💪

For anyone able to attend, the meeting is at 14:00 on Tuesday 12th May at:

The Council Chamber,
Blackdown House,
Border Road,
Heathpark Industrial Estate,
Honiton, EX14 1EJ

We hope to see you there!

07/05/2026

Are you planning to attend the EDDC planning meeting on Tuesday to show the strength of feeling against this development, but don’t have transport? Send us a message and we’ll do our best to help you get there.

No Farmland, No Farmers, No Food
06/05/2026

No Farmland, No Farmers, No Food

04/05/2026

PLANNING MEETING

EDDC has released the date to consider Planning Application 25/2468MOUT. This is the Application with access onto Sidmouth Road, Ottery St Mary, to demolish a farm building and build 140 houses.

The Steering Group has been preparing for this for some time and have speakers ready to present salient planning issues to protest this application. (Only five speakers are permitted by EDDC and fortunately the Protest Steering Group has five volunteers).

However, it is extremely important to show the strength of opposition to this application and so we are asking as many people as possible to attend the meeting and demonstrate the depth of feeling that is evident from the objections raised.

The more attendees, the greater the impact!

The agenda states that 25/2468MOUT will not be considered before 2pm.

Please try and help fight this destruction of our green belt!

The date and venue:

Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Blackdown House, Heathfield Estate, Honiton, EX14 1EJ

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Ottery Saint Mary

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