Blackhill Quarry Woodbury Exeter EX5 1JL Data via plota.co.uk

26/1385/NMA - Non Material Amendment Decided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Minor amendment to Condition 12 on approval No development hereby permitted *other than landscaping* shall commence until the following information has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority: a) A detailed drainage design based upon the approved Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy. b) Detailed proposals for the management of surface water and silt runoff from the site during construction of the development hereby permitted. c) Proposals for the adoption and maintenance of the permanent surface water drainage system. The development shall not be brought into use until the works have been approved and implemented in accordance with the details under (a) - (c) above. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Application Closed
10 Jul 2026

Application Closed on 10 Jul 2026 · Last checked 4 Aug 2026

Documents 2

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Forms · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF MINOR AMENDMENT APPROVAL Other · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 7

East Devon National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Open access land
Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.
Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.
Special protection area 28 m away: East Devon Heaths
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI 28 m away: East Devon Pebblebed Heaths SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 28 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £50,000 in December 2018. Other property, freehold.

19 December 2018£50,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area1,449 m² (15,597 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 107)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
East Devon
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
EX5 1JL
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Woodbury And Lympstone
Parish
Woodbury
Decision
Application Closed
Decision date
10 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Aardvark EM Limited
Freehold owner
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 4 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15064752
Planning Portal ref
PP-15064752
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

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2023 Approved
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Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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17/3022/MOUT
2017 Approved
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East Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#72 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Devon ranks #103 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #152 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #104 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #103 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #86 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
168 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
25 decided
1,321
Total decisions
157 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.