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33 Fore Street Okehampton EX20 1HB

1304/25/PODPrior Approval Business (Class E) to Dwelling (Class C3)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 June 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3) Conversion of a shop & associated storage to a shop & associated storage at ground floor with 2no flats above

Received
29 April 2025
Ward
Okehampton South
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 33 Fore Street Okehampton EX20 1HB. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Okehampton conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Okehampton South. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 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
EX20 1HB
Application type
Prior Approval Business (Class E) to Dwelling (Class C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Okehampton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2025
Consultation expiry
30 May 2025
Consultation end
30 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Dairy Barn Exeter EX5 1DJ

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Okehampton

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, 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    29 Apr

    Replacement of timber frame windows to match existing & installation of 2no rooflights

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside1303/25/FUL
  2. 2025
    29 Apr

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business…

    This applicationRefusedOutline1304/25/POD

Source: South West Devon

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