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Knaphole Farm, Doccombe, Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 8SS

0206/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 July 2023

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed sewage treatment plant connected to Knaphole and East cottages plus installation of ground mounted solar PV array system and timber shed to house new solar inverter and battery storage

Received
29 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Dartmoor
Ward
Teignbridge
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Knaphole Farm, Doccombe, Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 8SS. Dartmoor has handled 700 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer than Dartmoor's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Teignbridge. We hold 729 applications in total for the TQ13 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Dartmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TQ13 8SS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Moretonhampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2023
Application expires
4 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Listed building: Grade II: SpringwoodOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National park: Dartmoor

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    29 Nov

    Proposed sewage treatment plant connected to Knaphole and East cottages plus installation of ground mounted…

    This applicationApprovedFull0206/23
  2. 2022
    29 Nov

    Proposed sewage treatment plant connected to Knaphole and East cottages plus installation of ground mounted…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside0207/23

Source: Dartmoor

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