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Burrator Reservoir, Sheepstor, PL20 6PE

0597/19Telecommunications NotificationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 13 February 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of 11m telegraph pole, two cabinets within a fenced compound

Received
23 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Dartmoor
Ward
West Devon
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Burrator Reservoir, Sheepstor, PL20 6PE. Dartmoor has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days 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.

87% of all 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
Telecommunications Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Meavy

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2019
Consultation expiry
14 February 2020
Consultation end
14 February 2020
Target decision date
17 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
W/20/3250647
Appeal status
Historic (Record imported from PACS)
Appeal result
Dismissed
Appeal decision date
26 August 2020

Additional information

Documents
37

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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