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The Highwayman Inn Road From Pigs Leg Cross To Th Sourton Devon EX20 4HN

3112/16/FULFullApproved

Approved on 5 June 2017

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Construction of 8 houses on land adjacent to The Highwayman Inn.

Submitted
6 January 2016
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 516 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Highwayman Inn Road From Pigs Leg Cross To Th Sourton Devon EX20 4HN. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 516 days, 66 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 4HN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2016
Target decision date
2 June 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
513 days

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Post OfficeOn or next to this site
  • National park: Dartmoor
  • 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 (20)

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 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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