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Forestry Building At Grid Reference 246496 110329 Shebbear Devon

1/0083/2026/SOLPDSolar Photovoltaics Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment on roof of building

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shebbear And Langtree
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Forestry Building At Grid Reference 246496 110329 Shebbear Devon. Torridge has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Shebbear And Langtree. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 postcode area.

80% of outline 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
EX21 5RW
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckland Filleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
1 March 2026
Last date for comments
6 March 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SunGift Solar K S House Pinhoe Trading Estate Exeter Devon EX4 8JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 February 2026
Site notice start
5 February 2026
Site notice end
1 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14665732
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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: Torridge

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