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Weggis Farm Higher Metcombe Ottery St Mary EX11 1SQ

25/0026/PDQPrior Notifications (Q)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 March 2025

Council decision: Prior approval grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification (Class Q (a) and (c)) for a change of use from buildings on an agricultural unit to 5no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Received
20 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
West Hill And Aylesbeare
Agent
Base Planning Consultants
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Weggis Farm Higher Metcombe Ottery St Mary EX11 1SQ. East Devon has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than East Devon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across West Hill And Aylesbeare. We hold 656 applications in total for the EX11 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at East Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
EX11 1SQ
Application type
Prior Notifications (Q)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2025
Last date for comments
21 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Base Planning Consultants
Agent address
1 Barnfield Crescent Exeter EX1 1QT

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13674865
Documents
19

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 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 (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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    20 Jan

    Prior notification (Class Q (a) and (c)) for a change of use from buildings on an agricultural unit to 5no…

    This applicationApprovedOutline25/0026/PDQ
  2. 2025
    20 Jan

    Prior notification (Class Q (a) and (c)) for a change of use from a building on an agricultural unit to 1no…

    ApprovedPrior Notifications (Q)Filed alongside25/0027/PDQ

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