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Town Barton Farm Highampton EX21 5LE

2859/24/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 29 January 2025

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural fields to secure dog walking/exercise fields, creation of access & parking, & erection of boundary fence

Received
6 September 2024
Ward
Hatherleigh
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Town Barton Farm Highampton EX21 5LE. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 13 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Hatherleigh. 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 5LE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Highampton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2024
Consultation expiry
5 December 2024
Consultation start
1 November 2024
Consultation end
5 December 2024

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
36

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    6 Sep

    Change of use from agricultural fields to secure dog walking/exercise fields, creation of access & parking, &…

    This applicationRefusedFull2859/24/FUL
  2. 2024
    5 Sep

    Variation of conditions 2 (approved drawings) & 8 (percolation testing, SuDS & drainage scheme) of planning…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside2836/24/VAR

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