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South West Highways, Rockbeare Hill, Lane past Rockbeare Hill Quarry, Rockbeare, EX5 2HB

DCC/3829/2015Full Planning ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 11 April 2016

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Stockpiling and processing of inert and waste materials generated as a result of South West Highways’ business activities

Received
21 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadclyst
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 73 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at South West Highways, Rockbeare Hill, Lane past Rockbeare Hill Quarry, Rockbeare, EX5 2HB. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 7 weeks longer than Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Broadclyst. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the EX5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EX5 2HB
Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rockbeare
District
East Devon District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2016
Consultation expiry
3 March 2016
Consultation end
3 March 2016
Committee meeting
11 April 2016
Decision issued
12 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 West Street Bridport Dorset DT6 3QP

Additional information

Documents
47

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.

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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