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Land West Of Hillcrest Awliscombe

23/1271/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 February 2025

Council decision: Approval with conditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to form recreation area.

Received
25 July 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
9
Ward
Dunkeswell And Otterhead
Agent
EJFP Planning Ltd
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 577 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land West Of Hillcrest Awliscombe. East Devon has handled 2,944 applications of this type. This one was decided in 577 days, 75 weeks longer than East Devon's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Dunkeswell And Otterhead.

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
Awliscombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Last date for comments
8 August 2024
Committee meeting
20 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
EJFP Planning Ltd
Agent address
Mr E Persse 49 Bannawell Street Tavistock PL19 0DP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12234388
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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© 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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