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Land at SX 697 464 Aveton Gifford

3552/24/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 April 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to a gypsy and traveller caravan site (Retrospective)

Received
28 October 2024
Ward
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 411 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land at SX 697 464 Aveton Gifford. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 533 days, 68 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aveton Gifford
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2025
Consultation expiry
10 April 2025
Consultation start
5 March 2025
Consultation end
10 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PO Box 71 Ilminster Somerset TA19 0WF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): South Devon
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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