Skip to content

Whitecleaves Quarry, Buckfastleigh

DCC/3242/2011Full Planning ConsentRefused
Full

Refused on 3 May 2012

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Construction and operation of Materials Recovery Facility for Inert Construction and demolition wastes; Construction and operation of Incinerator Bottom Ash Processing facility; removal of dolerite outcrop and filling quarry with dolerite and inert material to a depth of 60mAOD to facilitate storage of recycled materials with associated site engineering and infrastructure

Received
11 July 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 268 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Whitecleaves Quarry, Buckfastleigh. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 297 days, 33 weeks longer than Devon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Ashburton & Buckfastleigh.

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

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Buckfastleigh
District
Teignbridge District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2011
Consultation expiry
26 November 2012
Consultation end
26 November 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mayflower House Armada Way Plymouth PL1 1LD

Additional information

Documents
404

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • SSSI: Potter's Wood SSSIPart of the site

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, National Landscapes, 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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    4 Apr

    Development of a Materials Recycling Facility

    WithdrawnFull Planning ConsentDCC/2635/2008

Source: Devon

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report