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Lane to Swallowcott farm, Lewdown, EX20 4FD

3634/25/COM28 (one month) Communication PD ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 January 2026

Council decision: Do not wish to comment

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

Proposal

Notice of intent to install electronic communication apparatus comprising ten medium wooden poles at 8 metres high

Received
8 December 2025
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Lane to Swallowcott farm, Lewdown, EX20 4FD. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 963 applications in total for the EX20 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
EX20 4FD
Application type
28 (one month) Communication PD Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marystow
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
3

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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