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Land At Sx 603 965 (Drews Barn) Chichacott

0949/26/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given3 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 1No dwellinghouse (Class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a+c)))

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Okehampton North
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land At Sx 603 965 (Drews Barn) Chichacott. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Okehampton North.

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

Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Okehampton Hamlets
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Consultation expiry
11 May 2026
Consultation end
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fenlea Exbourne EX20 3QS

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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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© 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.

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Source: South West Devon

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