A 16-space car park has been approved in the Clyst Valley Regional Park, which will double in size over 25 years. The Station Road site includes footpaths and a bike shelter. Despite flood zone concerns, the Environment Agency backed the plan.
Plans for a 16-space car park have been approved in an area set to become part of a country park.
It is in an area designated as the Clyst Valley Regional Park, which is set to double in size over the next 25 years.
The car park will be off Station Road, and while it is almost wholly in a flood zone, the Environment Agency is backing the scheme.
Besides the parking area, a network of footpaths in the area – to be known as Clyst Meadows – has also been proposed as part of the expansion of the regional park.
A bike shelter is being included as part of the car park scheme. However, some members of East Devon District Council’s planning committee this week questioned whether it was necessary because of fears it could be targeted by vandals.
This concern was also raised by police, although the force does not object to the application.
Broadclyst Parish Council supported the scheme, and welcomed the relocation of the planned car park from an initial position closer to nearby properties.
The committee also heard that the car park could easily be expanded into an additional field via an existing gate.
The application had to be put before the planning committee because East Devon District Council is the applicant, as the landowner.
The application is a small part of a much wider project to expand Clyst Valley Regional Park.
In May, the council put proposals for the expansion out to consultation.
The hope is for the existing 762 hectares that is accessible to be just about doubled over 25 years.
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