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West Druxton Farm St Giles On The Heath Launceston Devon PL15 9SX

1/0782/2015/AGMBAgricultural Building to Dwelling HouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 18 September 2015

Council decision: Refused DeterminationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to 1 No. dwelling under Class Q (a)

Received
28 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Broadheath
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at West Druxton Farm St Giles On The Heath Launceston Devon PL15 9SX. Torridge has handled 307 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 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 Broadheath. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 postcode area.

92% of all 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
PL15 9SX
Application type
Agricultural Building to Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Giles On The Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2015
Consultation expiry
14 September 2015
Consultation start
18 September 2015
Consultation end
26 August 2015
Neighbour consultation start
5 August 2015
Neighbour consultation end
26 August 2015
Last date for comments
14 September 2015
Target decision date
22 September 2015
Permission expires
18 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Post Office Chambers 74A High Street Bideford EX39 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 August 2015
Advertisement expiry
13 August 2015
Site notice start
25 August 2015
Site notice end
14 September 2015

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Denied
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
1

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. 2015
    18 Nov

    Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to 1 No. dwelling under Class Q (a)…

    RefusedAgricultural Building to Dwelling HouseRelated1/1183/2015/AGMB
  2. 2015
    28 Jul

    Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to 1 No. dwelling under Class Q (a)

    This applicationRefusedOther1/0782/2015/AGMB

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    25 Oct

    Proposed road

    ApprovedAgricultural Notification1/1084/2017/AGR

Source: Torridge

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