East Nutcott, Road From Knowstone Cross To Rackenford Cross, Rackenford, Devon, EX16 8EE

DCC/4451/2025Full Planning ConsentAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Importation of clean soil (444,000m3 (663,000 tonnes)) from construction sites that will be used for bio-diversity enhancements and the reprofiling of the host site

Received: 18 December 2025
Council: Devon County Council
Ward: South Molton

ReceivedReceived18 Dec
ValidatedValidated24 Feb
Consult.Consultation26 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at East Nutcott, Road From Knowstone Cross To Rackenford Cross, Rackenford, Devon, EX16 8EE. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across South Molton. We hold 1,080 applications in total for the EX16 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: EX16 8EE
Application type: Full Planning Consent
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Rackenford
District: North Devon District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 26 March 2026
Consultation end: 26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: EJFP Planning Ltd 49 Bannawell Street Tavistock Devon PL19 0DP

Planning decision

Case officer: Andy Hill

Additional information

Documents: 273

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

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