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The Barn, Lower Brockscombe, Germansweek, EX21 5AL

1955/20/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 October 2020

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Creation of new gateway entrance and erection of new log shed with trailer store

Received
1 July 2020
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target10 Sep
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Barn, Lower Brockscombe, Germansweek, EX21 5AL. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bridestowe. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 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
EX21 5AL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bratton Clovelly
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2020
Consultation expiry
20 August 2020
Consultation end
20 August 2020
Last date for comments
20 August 2020
Target decision date
10 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
25

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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