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Land At Sx 501 897 Bridestowe

3764/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Refusal2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from equestrian to secure dog walking field, parking area & erection of boundary fence and gates

Received
23 December 2025
Ward
Bridestowe
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At Sx 501 897 Bridestowe. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 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.

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 provision of a dog exercising field would not meet the tests to justify an isolated countryside location and it would lock-in reliance on the private car to access the site and as such, the principle of development on the site is contrary to SPT1, SPT2, TTV1, TTV2, TTV26, DEV15, DEV29, DEV32 of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014-2034) and H2 and E1 of the Bridestowe and Sourton Neighbourhood Development Plan (2016-2034) and the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework, notably paragraphs 7, 8, 163 and 164(b).
  2. The proposed development, by virtue of the siting, height and construction of the fencing would read as an alien intrusion into an otherwise undeveloped part of the open countryside, to the detriment of landscape character, contrary to policies TTTV26, DEV20 and, DEV23 of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014-2034) and H5 and EH1 of the Bridestowe and Sourton Neighbourhood Development Plan (2016-2034). Application ref.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridestowe
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation start
3 February 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office 22 A30bc Higher Stockley Mead Okehampton EX20 1BG

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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