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Higher Challonsleigh, Biogas Anaerobic Digester Plant, Grazalders Farm To New Park Road, Lee Mill, PL7 5AY

DCC/4184/2020Full Planning ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 4 November 2020

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of waste bulking/transfer station and ancillary development on redundant land within existing anaerobic digestion site

Received
26 May 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bickleigh & Wembury
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 147 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Higher Challonsleigh, Biogas Anaerobic Digester Plant, Grazalders Farm To New Park Road, Lee Mill, PL7 5AY. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 14 weeks 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. We hold 368 applications in total for the PL7 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
PL7 5AY
Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sparkwell
District
South Hams District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2020
Consultation expiry
28 July 2020
Consultation end
28 July 2020
Committee meeting
23 September 2020
Decision issued
5 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Langage AD Higher Challonsleigh Smithaleigh Lee Mill PL7 5AY

Additional information

Documents
19

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    8 May

    Variation of condition 6 of planning permission DCC/4184/2020

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DCC/4351/2023
  2. 2020
    26 May

    Erection of waste bulking/transfer station and ancillary development on redundant land within existing…

    This applicationApprovedFullDCC/4184/2020

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