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Fernleigh Maidendown Burlescombe Devon EX16 7JX

04/00539/FULLFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 19 May 2004

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of private garage and land/garden area to car sales, valeting and associated uses

Received
2 March 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Fernleigh Maidendown Burlescombe Devon EX16 7JX. Mid Devon has handled 1,674 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,080 applications in total for the EX16 postcode area.

97% of full applications at Mid Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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

Application details

Postcode
EX16 7JX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burlescombe 06

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2004
Consultation expiry
9 June 2004
Consultation start
5 May 2004
Neighbour consultation end
9 June 2004
Target decision date
27 April 2004
Committee meeting
9 June 2004

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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: Mid Devon

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