Updates
Hog’s Wood Updates
Community meeting
We had a fantastic meeting at the Ockment Centre on the 17th September. Okehampton Times kindly did a write up on the event, which you can read on the link below.
There’s a writeup of the responses from the collaboration café available here.
And from the findings we produced a word cloud, representing the most used words during the meeting.
West Devon Borough Council Announcement
Moorlander article on announcement
West Devon Borough Council plans to develop 30-40 homes on two acres of land next to Wonnacotts Road in Okehampton town centre
Total cost £7.6m, £100,000 allocated for initial planning
Original capacity from previous planning application was 60-70 houses but scaled back after public feedback requesting more green space
60% of the area will remain as woodland
Public consultation planned
Mix of social rented homes and supported living accommodation for people with learning disabilities £2 million contribution secured from Homes England
Remaining costs to be recouped through rental income
218 households with local connection to Okehampton currently on housing waiting list
Site constraints include trees, flood zones, contamination, and high water table
£100,000 will fund pre-planning assessment, design work, surveys, and ecology studies before submitting planning application
This development represents West Devon’s response to the local housing crisis while balancing community concerns about preserving green space.