Coldharbour Farm Ashreigney Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7NQ
Proposal
Development of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic array with associated equipment, including access track, cable route, private and DNO substations, transformer stations, security cameras, perimeter fencing, 132kV DNO HV compound and 15m telecommunication tower (Variation of Conditions 2, 4, 5, 13 and 16 of planning approval 1/0823/2021/FULM)
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision due
- 17 February 2026
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Winkleigh
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Coldharbour Farm Ashreigney Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7NQ. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Winkleigh. We hold 133 applications in total for the EX18 postcode area.
91% of full applications at Torridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EX18 7NQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ashreigney
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 28 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 20 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Naish Farm Broadway Chilcompton Radstock BA3 4ST
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 30 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 23 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14545024
- Documents
- 33
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Torridge
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