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Higher Bughill Farm, Plympton, PL7 5EW

1514/26/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval2 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural to class B8 storage & distribution

Received
3 June 2026
Ward
Bickleigh & Cornwood
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Higher Bughill Farm, Plympton, PL7 5EW. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bickleigh & Cornwood. We hold 369 applications in total for the PL7 postcode area.

89% of full 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
PL7 5EW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shaugh Prior
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2026
Consultation expiry
9 July 2026
Consultation start
4 June 2026
Consultation end
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Oaks Wotter Plymouth PL7 5HP

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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

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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