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Land Known As The Orchard, Westlake

0692/26/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to 2no dwellinghouses (Class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a+b))

Received
12 March 2026
Ward
Ermington & Ugborough
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 121 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land Known As The Orchard, Westlake. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 weeks longer 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 60 applications across Ermington & Ugborough. We hold 1,257 applications in total for the PL21 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
PL21 9JT
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ermington
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation end
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Manor Park Kingsbridge TQ7 1BB

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Howrihane

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site

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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