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Parkhayne Farm, Watchcombe, Shute, Axminster

DCC/1656/2004Full Planning ConsentApproved
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Approved on 9 September 2004

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Composting of shredded biodegradable waste, on the farm where the resulting compost is to be used

Submitted
5 May 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaton & Colyton
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 127 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Parkhayne Farm, Watchcombe, Shute, Axminster. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 9 weeks longer than Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

100% of full applications at Devon County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colyton
District
East Devon District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2004
Committee meeting
9 September 2004

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): East Devon
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage 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 parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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