Fairways Lodge Thorndon Cross EX20 4NE

0729/26/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 11 June 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval2 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from residential care home (Class C2) to dwellinghouse (Class C3) (no external works)

Received: 17 March 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Okehampton North

ReceivedReceived17 Mar
ValidatedValidated17 Mar
Consult.Consultation28 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided11 Jun

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Fairways Lodge Thorndon Cross EX20 4NE. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Okehampton North. 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 4NE
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Okehampton Hamlets
District: West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 28 April 2026
Consultation start: 24 March 2026
Consultation end: 28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Pembroke House 15 Pembroke Road Bristol BS8 3BA

Additional information

Documents: 14

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.

Source: South West Devon

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