Lower Hurston Farm, Chagford, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 8EF Data via plota.co.uk

0295/26 - Full Planning Permission - Householder Pending Consideration

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Validated
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 11 Nov 2026, from Dartmoor's recent extensions.

Documents 40

Plans & drawings 31

PDF Existing Location Plan Drawing · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition Western Elevation Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition Southern Elevation Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition Northern Elevation Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition Eastern Elevation Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF First Floor Demolition Plan Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Roof Demolition Plan Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Ground Floor Demolition Plan Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan (Showing Structure Over and Detailed Drawings) Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Northern Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Southern Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Section 01 Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Eastern Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Section 02 Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Western Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Roof Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Southern Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Western Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Northern Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Exisiting Section 01 Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Section 02 Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing First Floor Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Eastern Elevation Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Section 03 Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Lower Hurston Farmhouse Including Garden Walls Adjoining to South, Grade II, about 2 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Public footpath about 11 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 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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) agrees.
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 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
Priority habitat about 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 area56 m² (603 sq ft)
Energy ratingG (1 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 2 habitable rooms
BuiltPre-1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, electric
WallsGranite or whin, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2009, 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
Full Planning Permission - Householder
Postcode
TQ13 8EF
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
West Devon
Parish
Chagford
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
O'Brien Van der Steen Workshops

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Dartmoor usually decides extensions by day 55.

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
291decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Nov 2026

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.