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Land Adjacent To Hillcrest Awliscombe

23/1276/MOUTMajor - Outline applicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 August 2024

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application for construction of 20 no. dwellings, village hall and farm shop and provision of village green and car parking, seeking approval of access only (matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved)

Received
25 July 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
31
Ward
Dunkeswell And Otterhead
Agent
EJFP Planning Ltd
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 399 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent To Hillcrest Awliscombe. East Devon has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 399 days, 50 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 62 applications across Dunkeswell And Otterhead.

77% of outline 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
Major - Outline application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
20
Parish
Awliscombe

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Last advertised
23 August 2023

Appeal history

3361389
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 July 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11682547
Documents
19

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.

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Source: East Devon

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