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Spreyton House, Spreyton, EX17 5AH

1018/20/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given

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

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for proposed change of use ofagricultural building to dwellinghouse (Class C3) and associatedoperational development (Class Q(a+b))

Received
26 March 2020
Ward
Drewsteignton
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Spreyton House, Spreyton, EX17 5AH. 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Drewsteignton. We hold 832 applications in total for the EX17 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
EX17 5AH
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spreyton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2020
Consultation expiry
14 May 2020
Consultation end
14 May 2020
Last date for comments
14 May 2020
Target decision date
20 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hems House 84 Longbrook Street Exeter EX4 6AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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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