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Farm Building at Batson, Lower Batson, Salcombe, TQ8 8NH

4218/19/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 May 2020

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Use of agricultural dry storage building for general commercial storage (resubmission of 3020/19/FUL)

Received
4 December 2019
Ward
Salcombe & Thurlestone
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 166 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Farm Building at Batson, Lower Batson, Salcombe, TQ8 8NH. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 16 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8NH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Salcombe
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2019
Consultation expiry
20 March 2020
Consultation end
20 March 2020
Last date for comments
20 March 2020
Target decision date
29 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
57 Fore Street Totnes Devon TQ9 5NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    4 Dec

    Use of agricultural dry storage building for general commercial storage (resubmission of 3020/19/FUL

    This applicationRefusedFull4218/19/FUL
  2. 2019
    10 Sep

    Use of agricultural dry storage building for occasional storage ofboats and chandlery when building is not in…

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationPart of3020/19/FUL

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