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Motherhill Farm, Main Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8NB

3724/22/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 February 2023

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Application for change of use of land from agriculture to the open storage of building materials and the excavation & formation of earthbunds to form a natural screen, removal of a Devon bank and hedge tocreate additional access and levelling of the area?

Received
26 October 2022
Ward
Salcombe & Thurlestone
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Motherhill Farm, Main Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8NB. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 183 applications across Salcombe & Thurlestone. We hold 2,548 applications in total for the TQ8 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
TQ8 8NB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Salcombe
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2022
Consultation expiry
12 January 2023
Consultation end
12 January 2023
Last date for comments
12 January 2023
Target decision date
6 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Scotts Close Churchstow TQ7 3RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 January 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
APP/K1128/W/23/3317888
Appeal date
21 June 2023
Appeal result
Dismissed (Refusal)
Appeal decision date
22 August 2023

Appeal history

3317888
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 October 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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