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Land Rear Of 59 Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers

3958/24/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 24 April 2025

Council decision: Refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of 3 bedroom dwelling

Received
11 December 2024
Ward
Newton & Yealmpton
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Rear Of 59 Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Newton & Yealmpton. We hold 113 applications in total for the PL8 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
PL8 1BJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton and Noss
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2025
Consultation expiry
3 April 2025
Consultation start
3 March 2025
Consultation end
3 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Stables Dorsley Barns Totnes TQ9 6DN

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 April 2025

Appeal history

3373042
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 January 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
72

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): South Devon
  • Heritage coast: 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 (20)

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 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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