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Holsworthy AD Facility, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7HH (OS grid ref: SS 34438 05752)

DCC/4457/2026Full Planning ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Hazardous Substances Consent - To convert food waste into energy in the form of biogas, Consent is required due to the presence of biogas (metane and CO2)

Received
26 March 2026
Ward
Holsworthy Rural
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 104 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Holsworthy AD Facility, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7HH (OS grid ref: SS 34438 05752). Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 6 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 Holsworthy Rural. We hold 938 applications in total for the EX22 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
EX22 7HH
Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holsworthy Hamlets
District
Torridge District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lucy Drew-White Severn Trent Green Power Limited The Stable Radford, Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EB

Planning decision

Case officer
Alison Balsdon

Additional information

Documents
13

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

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.

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