Transformer Station Core Hill Road Sidmouth

23/0863/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 30 June 2023

Council decision: Approval with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of a new switchroom building.

Received: 27 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: East Devon District Council
Ward: Sidmouth Sidford

ReceivedReceived27 Apr
ValidatedValidated27 Apr
Consult.Consultation19 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Jun

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Transformer Station Core Hill Road Sidmouth. East Devon has handled 2,944 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than East Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Sidmouth Sidford.

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: Sidmouth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 April 2023
Last date for comments: 19 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Dalcour Maclaren
Agent address: Untis 3 -4 Bredon Court Brockeridge Park Twyning Tewkesbury GLOS GL20 6FF

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11933883
Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National Landscape (AONB): East Devon
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 (21)

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, 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.

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Source: East Devon

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