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Hermitage Seaborough North Tawton EX20 2DP

2561/24/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 October 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused

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 barns to 4No dwellinghouses & for associated development (Class Q (a+b))

Received
9 August 2024
Ward
Exbourne
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Hermitage Seaborough North Tawton EX20 2DP. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days 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 74 applications across Exbourne. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 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
EX20 2DP
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Tawton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2024
Consultation expiry
23 September 2024
Consultation start
19 August 2024
Consultation end
23 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Priory Road Wells BA5 1SY

Publicity

Site notice start
19 August 2024

Appeal history

3355575
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 June 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
20

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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