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Downhayes Lewdown Okehampton Devon EX20 4BU

00065/2015AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 March 2015

Council decision: Conditional Approval

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to domestic use and erection of separate garage block and stables.

Submitted
9 January 2015
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Downhayes Lewdown Okehampton Devon EX20 4BU. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 963 applications in total for the EX20 postcode area.

78% of amendment applications at South Hams District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX20 4BU
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2015
Target decision date
6 March 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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. 2015
    9 Jan

    Change of use of agricultural land to domestic use and erection of separate garage block and stables.

    This applicationApprovedAmendment00065/2015
  2. 2015
    9 Jan

    Conversion of agricultural buildings to create holiday accommodation (1 unit).

    RefusedOtherFiled alongside00066/2015

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