Unit 3 And 4, Gidley Meadow Industrial Estate, Christow, Exeter, Devon, EX6 7QB

0253/23Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 27 July 2023

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of Unit 3 from a veterinary clinical waste transfer station (sui generis) to uses falling within Use Classes E(g), B2 and B8, change of use of Unit 4 from a pet crematorium (sui generis) to a veterinary clinic within Use Class E(e) and re-cladding

Received: 16 May 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dartmoor
Ward: Teignbridge

ReceivedReceived16 May
ValidatedValidated1 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 3 And 4, Gidley Meadow Industrial Estate, Christow, Exeter, Devon, EX6 7QB. Dartmoor has handled 700 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Dartmoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Teignbridge. We hold 1,606 applications in total for the EX6 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: EX6 7QB
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Christow

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 June 2023
Application expires: 27 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 12

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)
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Dartmoor

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