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Lower Tor Farm Whitchurch PL19 9EQ

0826/26/PAAPrior Approval ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused

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

Proposal

Prior Approval Application for proposed new agricultural road 115m (L) x 4m (W) following determination of 0503/26/AGR

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Dartmoor
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Lower Tor Farm Whitchurch PL19 9EQ. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Dartmoor. We hold 827 applications in total for the PL19 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
PL19 9EQ
Application type
Prior Approval Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitchurch
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 7 Gate House Royal William Yard Plymouth PL1 3GE

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Tamar Valley
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Mar

    Prior Approval Application for proposed new agricultural road 115m (L) x 4m (W) following determination of…

    This applicationRefusedOutline0826/26/PAA
  2. 2026
    20 Feb

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed new agricultural road 115m (L) x 4m (W)

    ApprovedAgricultural DeterminationPart of0503/26/AGR

Source: South West Devon

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