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Land at Allerford Farm Portgate Lewdown EX20 4PU

3596/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Dismantling existing buildings and erection of a self-build dwelling as alternative to change of use of barn to a dwelling under prior approval Class Q 1518/24/PDM.

Received
8 December 2025
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land at Allerford Farm Portgate Lewdown EX20 4PU. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by virtue of its height and use of large areas of glazing, would appear discordant and visually prominent within this otherwise sparsely developed landscape, to the detriment of landscape character and tranquillity, contrary to the provisions of DEV20 and DEV23, and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework, in particular, paragraphs 135 and 139. 2.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EX20 4PU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marystow
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation expiry
23 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rodds Bridge Farm Lower Upton Bude EX23 0LS

Additional information

Documents
42

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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