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Forches Cross School, Sports Ground, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6PU

DCC/4458/2026Full Planning ConsentApproved
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Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Replacement and relocation of the Forches Cross School Sports Ground Pavilion septic tank with a package sewage treatment plant and associated discharge route adjustments.

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newton Abbot North Bovey Rural
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Forches Cross School, Sports Ground, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6PU. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 6 days quicker than Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Newton Abbot North Bovey Rural. We hold 2,357 applications in total for the TQ12 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
TQ12 6PU
Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Teigngrace Newton Abbot
District
Teignbridge District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fox Tor Great Moor House Bittern Road Exeter Devon

Additional information

Documents
22

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.

Source: Devon

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