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

1/1183/2015/AGMBAgricultural Building to Dwelling HouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 4 February 2016

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to 1 No. dwelling under Class Q (a) resubmission of 1/0782/2015/AGMB

Received
18 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Broadheath
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Barn 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 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 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
26 November 2015
Consultation expiry
29 December 2015
Consultation start
4 February 2016
Consultation end
21 December 2015
Neighbour consultation start
30 November 2015
Neighbour consultation end
21 December 2015
Last date for comments
29 December 2015
Target decision date
21 January 2016
Permission expires
4 February 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
10 December 2015
Site notice start
9 December 2015
Site notice end
29 December 2015

Additional information

Documents
11
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)…

    This applicationRefusedOther1/1183/2015/AGMB
  2. 2015
    28 Jul

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

    RefusedAgricultural Building to Dwelling HousePart of1/0782/2015/AGMB

Source: Torridge

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