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Pitworthy Solar Farm Pancrasweek Holsworthy Devon EX22 7JT

1/0207/2017/FULMFull Application MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 2 June 2017

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Variation of condition 3 of planning permission 1/0833/2012/FULM (Extension of operation until 2054)

Received
28 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Milton And Tamarside
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Pitworthy Solar Farm Pancrasweek Holsworthy Devon EX22 7JT. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Milton And Tamarside. We hold 938 applications in total for the EX22 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
EX22 7JT
Application type
Full Application Major
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pancrasweek

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2017
Consultation expiry
12 April 2017
Consultation start
2 June 2017
Consultation end
12 April 2017
Neighbour consultation start
8 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end
29 March 2017
Last date for comments
12 April 2017
Target decision date
22 March 2017
Permission expires
2 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE19SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 March 2017
Advertisement expiry
6 April 2017
Site notice start
15 March 2017
Site notice end
4 April 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05871525
Documents
24
Constraints
4

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    18 May

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission 1/0833/2012/FULM

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment1/0397/2020/NMAT
  2. 2017
    28 Feb

    Variation of condition 3 of planning permission 1/0833/2012/FULM

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)1/0207/2017/FULM
  3. 2013
    2 Aug

    Discharge of condition 9 of planning permission 1/0833/2012/FULM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0085/2013/DIS
  4. 2013
    1 Aug

    Discharge of condition 18 of planning permission 1/0833/2012/FULM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0080/2013/DIS
  5. 2013
    1 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 14 and 15 of planning application 1/0833/2012/FULM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0084/2013/DIS
  6. 2013
    25 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 5, 6, 7 and 16 of planning application 1/0833/2012/FULM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0073/2013/DIS
  7. 2012
    19 Sep

    Proposed PV solar farm with associated infrastructure (44.2ha (109acres) 15-18MW

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of1/0833/2012/FULM

Source: Torridge

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