Catherines Cottage Old Cotmore Farm Cotmore Kingsbridge TQ7 2LR

1969/24/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 24 September 2024

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Ground mounted solar panels at the edge of an agricultural field screened by a hedge

Received: 19 June 2024
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Stokenham

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated2 Jul
Consult.Consultation7 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided24 Sep

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Catherines Cottage Old Cotmore Farm Cotmore Kingsbridge TQ7 2LR. 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. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Stokenham. We hold 997 applications in total for the TQ7 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: TQ7 2LR
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stokenham
District: South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 7 August 2024
Consultation start: 3 July 2024
Consultation end: 7 August 2024

Publicity

Site notice start: 3 July 2024

Additional information

Documents: 27

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National Landscape (AONB): South Devon
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 (21)

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, 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.

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© 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.

Source: South West Devon

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