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Wheatley Cottage Lewdown EX20 4QW

2943/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Conditional Approval12 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling & 1x proposed new build dwelling to be constructed on same site, including driveway & garage & refurbishment of existing stone workshop, reinstatement & refurbishment to corrugated metal shed, gardens & orchard area

Received
3 October 2025
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wheatley Cottage Lewdown EX20 4QW. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 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 76 applications across Bridestowe. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 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
EX20 4QW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thrushelton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Consultation start
15 October 2025
Consultation end
19 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
22, Clarence Street Bath BA15NS

Additional information

Documents
78

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.

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