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Rockbeare Hill Quarry Rockbeare Exeter EX5 2HB

19/1549/CMCounty MatterApproved

Approved on 23 August 2019

Council decision: DCC Application - No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

County matter application for the importation of inert soils and subsoil to allow for revised restoration contours at Marshbroadmoor including a revised restoration scheme at Rockbeare Quarry

Received
10 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Whimple And Rockbeare
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Rockbeare Hill Quarry Rockbeare Exeter EX5 2HB. East Devon has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than East Devon's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Whimple And Rockbeare. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the EX5 postcode area.

90% of all 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

Postcode
EX5 2HB
Application type
County Matter
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rockbeare

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2019
Last date for comments
31 July 2019

Additional information

Documents
20

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)

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 (22)

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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, 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

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Apr

    Minor Amendment for 16/1464/MFUL

    WithdrawnNon-material amendment25/0905/NMA
  2. 2024
    5 Mar

    Variation of additional condition added (by NMA dated 8 May 2025) to planning permission 16/1464/MFUL

    Approval with conditionsVariation of conditions (s73)24/0366/VAR
  3. 2016
    4 Jul

    Replacement of existing manufacturing building with new factory building for precast concrete manufacturing…

    Approval with conditionsMajor - Full application16/1464/MFUL
  4. 2016
    13 Jun

    Retention of existing asphalt plant, aggregate store and ancillary stockyard/storage bays with importation…

    ApprovedCounty Matter16/1413/CM
  5. 2015
    18 Sep

    Certificate of Lawfulness for continued use of building and associated land for training purposes and car…

    PendingCertificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev15/2246/CPE
  6. 2015
    19 Jan

    Certificate of lawfulness for use of the Land as a depot for a highway and civil engineering maintenance and…

    ApprovedCertificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev15/0154/CPE

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