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The Forge Park Lane Whitford Axminster EX13 7NQ

20/1523/VARVariation of ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 7 December 2020

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of condition 4 of planning permission 18/2121/VAR (Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 17/0098/FUL - Conversion of former Old Smithy for use as holiday accommodation - to allow amendments to design and internal layout) to allow unrestricted residential use

Received
24 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Newbridges
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Forge Park Lane Whitford Axminster EX13 7NQ. East Devon has handled 551 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than East Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Newbridges. We hold 959 applications in total for the EX13 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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
EX13 7NQ
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shute

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2020
Consultation expiry
9 September 2020
Last date for comments
2 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18 Prout Bridge Beaminster Dorset DT8 3AY

Publicity

Last advertised
9 September 2020

Additional information

Documents
8

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): East Devon

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, national parks, 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.

Source: East Devon

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