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Barn at Forda Farm, Forda, Sourton, Okehampton, EX20 4HW

0273/19/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 March 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given

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

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for proposed change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Class C3) and for associatedoperational development (Class Q(a+b))

Received
28 January 2019
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn at Forda Farm, Forda, Sourton, Okehampton, EX20 4HW. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bridestowe. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 postcode area.

80% of outline 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 4HW
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sourton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2019
Consultation expiry
1 March 2019
Consultation end
1 March 2019
Last date for comments
1 March 2019
Target decision date
26 March 2019
Committee meeting
27 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Woodbury Farm Chillia Beaworthy Devon EX21 5XE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
26

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

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    25 Jun

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 of prior approval 0273/19/PDM

    Discharge of Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditions2093/19/ARC
  2. 2019
    28 Jan

    Notification for prior approval for proposed change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Class…

    This applicationApprovedOutline0273/19/PDM

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