Telegraph Pole at Burrator Dam, Burrator Reservoir, Yelverton, PL20 6PE

0305/18Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 28 August 2018

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of BT Cabinet, addition of antennas to existing telegraph pole and ancillary development

Received: 9 April 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dartmoor
Ward: West Devon

ReceivedReceived9 Apr
ValidatedValidated2 Jul
Consult.Consultation1 Aug
TargetTarget Date27 Aug
DecidedDecided28 Aug

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Telegraph Pole at Burrator Dam, Burrator Reservoir, Yelverton, PL20 6PE. Dartmoor has handled 700 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Dartmoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 162 applications across West Devon. We hold 468 applications in total for the PL20 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: PL20 6PE
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Burrator

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 July 2018
Consultation expiry: 1 August 2018
Consultation end: 1 August 2018
Target decision date: 27 August 2018
Application expires: 27 August 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 42

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National park: Dartmoor
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

Source: Dartmoor

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