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Land at NGR SX 690 482, Aveton Gifford

2105/25/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 September 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 of agricultural buildings/barns to 1No dwellinghouse (class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a,b+c))

Received
16 July 2025
Ward
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land at NGR SX 690 482, Aveton Gifford. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford.

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

Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aveton Gifford
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2025
Consultation expiry
20 August 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
20 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Luscombe Maye 59 Fore Street Totnes Devon TQ9 5NJ

Appeal history

6003380
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 April 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): South Devon

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.

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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Source: South West Devon

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