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The Crest Portgate Lewdown EX20 4PU

3387/24/HHOHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 5 February 2025

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Householder application for demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a 2 storey extension

Received
22 October 2024
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Crest Portgate Lewdown EX20 4PU. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks 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 4PU
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marystow
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2024
Consultation expiry
12 December 2024
Consultation start
11 November 2024
Consultation end
12 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Trenavin Close Crediton EX17 2EZ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 December 2024

Appeal history

3361513
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 May 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
23

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.

Source: South West Devon

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