Spiceland Uffculme Cullompton Devon EX15 3AZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01001/FULL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of a ground mounted solar array with associated plant shed and cable run Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
14 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
✓
Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 33

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Grade II* listed: Spiceland Quaker Meeting House and Former Cartshed
List entry 1147652 · 7 m away
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 1. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Mid Devon - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Mid Devon
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
EX15 3AZ
Received
14 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
Upper Culm
Parish
Culmstock 22
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Oct 2026
Decision
Permitted with Conditions to Discharge
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 97% of full applications here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
158decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15055045
Planning Portal ref
PP-15055045
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Comments by
8 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#77 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Mid Devon is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #77 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mid Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #21 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #85 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #77 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #153 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
98%
Change of use approved
40 decided
704
Total decisions
37 refused in the year to March 2026

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use