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Land East Of Rutton Farm Rull Lane Whimple EX5 2NX

26/0387/VARVariation of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 6 (Tree Protection), 8 (Archaeology), 9 (Construction Management Plan), 10 (Landscape, Ecological and Biodiversity Management Plan), 12 (Drainage), 13 (Ecological Assessment), 14 (Landscaping), 15 (Soil Bearing Capacity),16 (Substation Details) and 17 (Access Tracks, Cabinets and Fence Post Foundations) of planning permission 22/0783/MFUL (Construction and operation of a ground mounted solar farm, with permission being required for 40 years, comprising solar arrays, equipment housing, sub-station, fencing, ancillary equipment, landscaping and associated development.), to facilitate the creation additional openings in field boundaries, changes to the areas fenced, a reduction in panel clearance height, relocation of transformers, movement of internal tracks and creation of additional internal tracks, and the creation of a new access into field 1 from the public highway.

Received
24 March 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Whimple And Rockbeare
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 24 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (44)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land East Of Rutton Farm Rull Lane Whimple EX5 2NX. East Devon has handled 551 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Whimple And Rockbeare. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the EX5 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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
EX5 2NX
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whimple

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
24 April 2026

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14696231
Documents
44

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.

Source: East Devon

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