Dear Mr Lacey,

Thank you for your email. I am sorry that you haven’t received a response
to your FOI enquiry regarding your query as to where it is documented in
our policy and procedure that the distance between land held by a
developer has to be a certain distance for the permitted development. This
was overlooked accidentally.

I can confirm that nowhere does it state that land held by a developer has
to be a certain distance apart for permitted development.

Part 6 of the General Permitted Development Order states that development
shall only be permitted where the works are carried out on land used for
the purposes of forestry, including afforestation, of development
reasonably necessary for those purposes.

The issue of the distance between the site and land elsewhere used for
forestry purposes was addressed by the inspector in assessing
APP/U1105/W/23/3325082.  At paragraph 16 the inspector states;

‘I note the evidence demonstrating that the appellant has an external
contract to clear weather damaged and Ash Dieback infected trees, along
with ongoing maintenance at a 10ha woodland site in Chard. However, there
is no substantive information regarding the amount of work this would
actually entail, for example through a management plan or survey
information. Nor do I find that the provision of forestry services at a
location some distance away demonstrates that a forestry building would be
reasonably necessary at the appeal site.’

I hope this information is helpful but, if you feel dissatisfied with the
way we have responded to your request, please contact our Monitoring
Officer, to request an internal review
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You can also request a review using [2]our online request form.

You may also approach the Information Commissioner for advice at
[3]www.ico.org.uk.

Yours sincerely,

Information and Complaints Officer
East Devon District Council

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