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

DCC/4352/2023Variation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 June 2023

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of condition 5 of planning permission DCC/3811/2015

Received
8 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bickleigh & Wembury
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Higher Challonsleigh, Biogas Anaerobic Digester Plant, Challonsleigh To New Park Road, Lee Mill, Devon, PL7 5AY. Devon has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 3 weeks quicker than Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 all 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

Postcode
PL7 5AY
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sparkwell
District
South Hams District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2023
Consultation expiry
30 June 2023
Consultation end
30 June 2023
Committee meeting
21 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Langage AD Higher Challonsleigh Smithaleigh Plymouth PL7 5AY

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    8 May

    Variation of condition 5 of planning permission DCC/3811/2015

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DCC/4352/2023
  2. 2015
    9 Oct

    Erection of concrete digestion tank and liquid waste holding tank, with associated ancillary works. Increase…

    ApprovedFull Planning ConsentPart ofDCC/3811/2015

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