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4 Church Court St James Street Okehampton EX20 1DJ

0043/26/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval3 conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective Change of use of existing first floor Class C3 (flat) to Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) and ground floor Class Sui Generis to Class E (Commercial, Business and Service)

Received
8 January 2026
Ward
Okehampton South
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Church Court St James Street Okehampton EX20 1DJ. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Okehampton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Okehampton South. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 postcode area.

89% of full 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 1DJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Okehampton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation start
14 January 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
GW Architects Ltd Ladford Mill Shebbear Beaworthy EX215QY

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
18

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Okehampton

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 (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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Mar

    One non illuminated facia sign (retrospective)

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent0707/26/ADV

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