Lovehayne Farm Southleigh Colyton EX24 6JE Data via plota.co.uk

Refused 25/2264/FUL

Council

East Devon 6.7/10

Date received

around 13 Nov 2025

Date validated

13 Nov 2025

Postcode

EX24 6JE

Description

Conversion of agricultural barn to holiday let; change of use of stable to agricultural use Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 20:26

Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Wiscombe Park, Grade II*, about 0 m from the postcode pin

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 ↗

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.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat about 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 7 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.

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East Devon

Planning Authority Score

6.7/10

Good

#72 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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%).

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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