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The Forest Inn, Hexworthy, Yelverton, PL20 6SD

0337/23Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing useRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused

Council decision: Certificate not issuedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The ground floor flat has been used continuously as a main and only residence for over four years

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Dartmoor
Ward
West Devon
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Forest Inn, Hexworthy, Yelverton, PL20 6SD. Dartmoor has handled 71 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 July 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

88% of amendment 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 6SD
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dartmoor Forest

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Application expires
18 September 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Certificate not issued
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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

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. 2023
    20 Jul

    The ground floor flat has been used continuously as a main and only residence for over four years

    This applicationRefusedAmendment0337/23
  2. 2023
    20 Jul

    The Flat 1B has been lived in permanently as a main residence for over four years

    RefusedAmendmentFiled alongside0338/23

Source: Dartmoor

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