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Land East Of Smeatharpe Airfield Smeatharpe

17/2818/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 13 February 2018

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land for the siting of 2 no. modified portacabins for use as a historical information centre and artefact display area, construction of enclosing roof canopy and external veranda and associated parking and landscaping works

Received
10 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Otterhead (pre 02/05/19)
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land East Of Smeatharpe Airfield Smeatharpe. East Devon has handled 2,944 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

89% of full applications at East Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upottery

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2018
Consultation start
15 January 2018
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2018
Last date for comments
6 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06555531
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • SSSI: Southey and Gotleigh Moors SSSIPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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© 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.

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Source: East Devon

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