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Higher Challonsleigh Farm, Lee Mill, Ivybridge

DCC/2804/2009Full Planning ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 22 June 2009

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of biogas (anaerobic digestion) plant on dairy site to produce heat and energy for on and off site use

Received
16 April 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bickleigh & Wembury
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 67 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Higher Challonsleigh Farm, Lee Mill, Ivybridge. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 4 days longer than Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Bickleigh & Wembury.

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
Sparkwell
District
South Hams District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2009
Consultation expiry
14 May 2009
Consultation end
14 May 2009
Committee meeting
22 June 2009
Decision issued
24 June 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 3 Kew Court Pynes Hill Rydon Lane Exeter EX2 5AZ

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (20)

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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    7 Feb

    Variation of Conditions 2 and 11 of permission DCC/2804/2009

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DCC/3343/2012
  2. 2009
    16 Apr

    Erection of biogas (anaerobic digestion) plant on dairy site to produce heat and energy for on and off site…

    This applicationApprovedFullDCC/2804/2009

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