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Upper Barns, Lowerdale, Woodleigh, TQ7 4DJ

1504/23/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 June 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings to 1No dwellinghouse (ClassC3) and for associated operational development (Class Q (a+b))

Received
27 April 2023
Ward
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Upper Barns, Lowerdale, Woodleigh, TQ7 4DJ. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford. We hold 997 applications in total for the TQ7 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
TQ7 4DJ
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Woodleigh
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
7 June 2023
Consultation end
7 June 2023
Last date for comments
7 June 2023
Target decision date
30 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Addlepool Business Centre Woodbury Road Clyst St George Exeter EX3 0NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Additional information

Documents
22

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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