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Land At Sx 816 627, Littlehempston Cross To Littlehempston, Littlehempston, Devon

2762/23/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 December 2023

Council decision: Conditional Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed development of gate and steps from road and bridge over Gatcombe Brook

Received
11 August 2023
Ward
Marldon & Littlehempston
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Sx 816 627, Littlehempston Cross To Littlehempston, Littlehempston, Devon. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer 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 40 applications across Marldon & Littlehempston.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Littlehempston
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2023
Consultation expiry
26 October 2023
Consultation end
26 October 2023
Last date for comments
26 October 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 October 2023

Additional information

Documents
54

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Post CottageOn or next to this site

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

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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.

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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