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Barn at SX 838 532, Capton, Dittisham

3213/20/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 November 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed change of use of agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse (Class C3) and for associated operational development (Class Q(a+b))

Received
5 October 2020
Ward
West Dart
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn at SX 838 532, Capton, Dittisham. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker 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 81 applications across West Dart. We hold 341 applications in total for the TQ6 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).

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Application details

Postcode
TQ6 0JE
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dittisham
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 2020
Consultation expiry
12 November 2020
Consultation end
12 November 2020
Last date for comments
12 November 2020
Target decision date
29 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
59 Fore Street Totnes Devon TQ9 5NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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