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Hole Farm Ashwater Beaworthy Devon EX21 5HD

1/1075/2017/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 December 2017

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed change of use of agricultural land to seasonal tourism use - siting of 5 Shepherds Huts (Affecting a Public Right of Way)

Received
25 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadheath
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hole Farm Ashwater Beaworthy Devon EX21 5HD. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Broadheath. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 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
EX21 5HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Broadwoodwidger

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2017
Consultation expiry
7 December 2017
Consultation start
21 December 2017
Consultation end
29 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
8 November 2017
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2017
Last date for comments
7 December 2017
Target decision date
29 November 2017
Permission expires
1 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Workshop 40 Fairfield Green Churchinford Taunton TA3 7RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
7 December 2017
Site notice start
9 November 2017
Site notice end
30 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06363970
Comments
0
Documents
15
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.

Source: Torridge

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