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Merrivale Quarry, Princetown, PL20 6ST

0465/17Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 October 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of former quarry buildings

Received
7 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Dartmoor
Ward
West Devon
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Merrivale Quarry, Princetown, PL20 6ST. Dartmoor has handled 77 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dartmoor's typical decision time. 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.

80% of outline 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 6ST
Application type
Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2017
Target decision date
17 October 2017
Application expires
10 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Source: Dartmoor

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