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The Belfry Country Hotel Yarcombe Honiton EX14 9BD

23/0782/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 22 September 2023

Council decision: Approval - standard time limitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a hotel (use class C1) to a dwellinghouse (use class C3(a)).

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Dunkeswell And Otterhead
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Belfry Country Hotel Yarcombe Honiton EX14 9BD. East Devon has handled 2,944 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than East Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Dunkeswell And Otterhead. We hold 818 applications in total for the EX14 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EX14 9BD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yarcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
23 August 2023
Last date for comments
15 September 2023

Publicity

Last advertised
23 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12080994
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Belfry HotelOn this site · +2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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