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Communication Station Darklake Lane Woolwell PL6 7JW

0420/26/COM28 (one month) Communication PD ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Pending

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

Proposal

Notice of intent to install electronic communication apparatus comprising 5m tower extension to be installed to increase tower to 20m. Removal of existing 3No. Antennas to be replaced with 6No. Antennas on new support poles & headframe and any other ancillary works thereto. Existing dish to be relocated to tower leg. Existing cabinet to undergo conversion.

Received
6 February 2026
Ward
Bickleigh & Cornwood
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Communication Station Darklake Lane Woolwell PL6 7JW. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bickleigh & Cornwood. We hold 305 applications in total for the PL6 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
PL6 7JW
Application type
28 (one month) Communication PD Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bickleigh
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

Source: South West Devon

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