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2103/26/FUL - Full Planning Application Under Consideration

Proposal

Construction of a 5.4MWac solar farm including inverters, transformers, cables, CCTV, access tracks, perimeter fencing and landscape works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from West Devon's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 17 Sept 2026.

Documents 105

Statements & assessments 20

PDF Consultation Response - External DCC Ecology · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Design And Access Statement Design and access statement · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Alternative Site Assessment Supporting Information · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Topographical Survey of Site GM12898-011 - · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Calculation Tool Statutory Biodiversity Metric · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Carbon Reduction Statement Document · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecoligical Impact Assessment Ecology Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy Flood risk assessment · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape Visual Impact Assessment Landscape and Visual Appraisal · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Noise Technical Note · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Archaeology and Heritage Statement Supporting Information · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement of Community Engagement Supporting Information · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Glint & Glare Assessment Supporting Information · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Information Planning Statement · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Soils and Agricultural Land Assessment Supporting Information · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Transport Assessment Transport Statement · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Impact Assessment Tree Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Baseline Condition Assessments Biodiversity Net Gain Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Proposed Condition Assessments Biodiversity Net Gain Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Assessment Biodiversity Net Gain Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 69

PDF Consultation Response - External DCC Highways Response · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Support William Dickson - Support · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Laura White - Objection · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Cherry Mawle - Objection · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Support Jonathan Blackmore - Support · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show CPRE - Objection · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Document · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Letter of Representation - Comment Thomas Broomhead - Comment · 13 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response - External Devon & Cornwall Police · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape officer initial comments Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response - External DCC HE · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Mr & Mrs Norris - Objection · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Letter Of Representation - Support Jacob - Support · 6 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Support Chris Jarvis-Cooke - Support · 6 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response - External DCC FRA · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Nurth Tawton Parish Council - Objection Consultation Response - Parish · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response - Internal EH Comments · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Beverly Aird - Objection · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection M d Tennent - Objection · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF North Tawton Town Council - Object Consultation Response - Parish · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Isla - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Sara Luck - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Jim Hathaway - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Savage Susan - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Michelle Vardy - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Amy Paddon - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Joanne Gent - Objection · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection melody dudley - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Kirstine mitchell - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Stella Cole - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Document · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Mr and Mrs West - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Graham Richards - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Alice Gardner - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Jo Thompson - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Sandra Butler - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Clare Colton - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Bradley Parish - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Rachel Thurlbeck - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Penelope Bath - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Rachel Bolt - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Alan Dilly - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Mrs Ailsa Charsley - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Thomas Broomhead - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Julia Sanchez - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Suzanne White - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Warren Bekir - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Document · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Aidan Lenarduzzi - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Emma Page - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Rebecca Bullingham - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Karen Tingle - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Ian Mansfield - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Graeme Ross - Objection · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Support Archie Cooper - Support · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Mr and Mrs Ware - Objection · 30 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Support Anita Jellings - Support · 30 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Lucy Gould - Objection · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Planning Comment Attachment · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Consultation Response - Internal Tree Officer -support · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Letter Of Representation - Objection Kim Allsebrook - Objection · 22 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response - External DCC Waste Planning Comments · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response - External DCC Highways - wish to comment · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Public footpath 16 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Scheduled monument 47 m away: Week Barn Cross
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: South Week Cross, Grade II, 53 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
West Devon
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
EX20 2DA
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Exbourne
Parish
North Tawton
Case officer
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Applicant
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Agent
SLR Consulting

Decision outlook

Day 57, past the statutory target. 82% of full applications in West Devon are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 6 Oct 2026.

Day 571 days past the 56-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by West Devon in the last twelve months, from validation. West Devon decision record →

Public comments

56comments received
49 objecting1 neutral6 supporting

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 Aug 2026
Comments by
17 Sept 2026