Beech Meadow Farm Northlew EX20 3NG

2972/25/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Refused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 November 2025

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 building to 1No dwellinghouse (Class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a+b))

Received: 7 October 2025
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Hatherleigh

ReceivedReceived7 Oct
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation11 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Beech Meadow Farm Northlew EX20 3NG. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Hatherleigh. We hold 963 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: EX20 3NG
Application type: Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Northlew
District: West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 11 November 2025
Consultation end: 11 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 49 Bannawell Street Tavistock PL19 0DP

Additional information

Documents: 16

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.

Source: South West Devon

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