Dartmoor Lodge, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 7JW Data via plota.co.uk

0210/26 - Section 73 Refused
Change of useCommercial & major worksSchools, care & communityDemolitionCommercial premises

Proposal

Part retrospective application for demolition of outbuilding and replacement with single storey open air cafe area with covered servery, with variation of Conditions 1, 2 and 5 attached to planning permission ref: dated 13 September 2024 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
29 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
24 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 24 Aug 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Decision · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Design & Access Statement Report · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 14

PDF Refused Location Plan Drawing · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3D Images - View from decking Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3D Images - View from car park Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3D Images - View from car park Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Elevations as Proposed showing external lighting Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Lighting Plan as Proposed Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3D Images - View from car park Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3D Images - Overview of structure Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Elevations as Proposed Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Roof Plan as Proposed Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition Plan Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Ground Floor Plan as Proposed Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Block Plan as Existing Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Block Plan as Proposed Drawing · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Form · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF TDC EH Consultation Response Consultation Response · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Parish Council Comments Consultation Response · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

Dartmoor National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 290 m away: Ashburton Road Cuttings SSSI; Inside the Ashburton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Building

Floor area1,773 m² (19,084 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 58)
UseC1 Hotels
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Dartmoor
Application type
Section 73
Postcode
TQ13 7JW
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
29 Jun 2026
Ward
Teignbridge
Parish
Ashburton
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
AD Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 21% of changes of use here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
68decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dartmoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartmoor decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Erection of covered seating area, provision of new storage container and formation of bin…
0302/25
2024 Refused
Variation of condition 4 of approved planning ref: 0431/23 for Part retrospective applica…
0404/24
2023 Approved
Part retrospective application for demolition of outbuilding and replacement with single…
0431/23

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.