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Planning appeals in Dartmoor

Every appeal the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Dartmoor since 2016, refreshed nightly. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

509

appeals on record since 2016

29%

of decided appeals allowed

26 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 24% allowed

By appeal type

Householder79 decided

41% allowed

Minor263 decided

29% allowed

Major5 decided

0% allowed

Enforcement99 decided

16% allowed

Other63 decided

24% allowed

By procedure

Written representations442 decided

26% allowed

Hearings36 decided

44% allowed

Inquiries31 decided

19% allowed

Latest decisions in Dartmoor

Dismissed11 June 2026· other6001911
Briarcroft, North Bovey, Devon, TQ13 8QZ
Dismissed11 June 2026· householder6001910
Briarcroft, North Bovey, Devon, TQ13 8QZ
Dismissed6 May 2026· ldc3345832
Soda Ash Building, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9PA
Use of the building as a second home (single dwellinghouse, use class C3)
Dismissed1 May 2026· minor6000921
Lower Lowton Farm, Lowton Lane, Exeter, EX6 7EN
conversion of redundant rural building to a single residential dwellinghouse
Allowed20 March 2026· minor6001888
4 The Grange, Dousland, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6NN
Notice upheld20 March 2026· enforcement3355285
Land known as "Heavenshaw", South of Dunstone Farm, Plympton, Devon, PL7 5EH
Notice varied and upheld6 March 2026· enforcement3350729
The cabin , Merrifield Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0HE
Allowed9 February 2026· minor6001370
Land to the South Of Pitts Cleave Quarry, Tavistock, PL19 9JP
replacement shed
Dismissed9 February 2026· minor6001062
Druid Plantation, Road From Welstor Cross To Rewdown Cross, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7HR
Dismissed31 December 2025· minor3363561
Land at Lakehead Hill, Bellever, Yelverton, Dartmoor, PL20 6TW
Installation of Home Office Emergency Services telecommunications 30m lattice tower on concrete base with associated ancillary works
Dismissed18 December 2025· minor3353709
Land to the North West of Old Station Road, Horrabridge, PL20 7RS
Notice varied and upheld18 December 2025· enforcement3353701
Land Northwest of the Old Station, Horrabridge, PL20 7RQ
Erection of storage building for forestry
Dismissed15 December 2025· minor6000950
Field off Lane from Bridford to Commons Hill, Bridford, Exeter, EX6 7HU
retrospective planning application for the retention of 2 stables, a feed/bedding store and covered manure storage area
Dismissed21 November 2025· minor6000639
Cornerways, Silver Street, Lydford, Devon, EX20 4AQ
described in the application as “change of use from agricultural land to domestic curtilage and erection of garage
Dismissed10 November 2025· minor3360811
Moorland Retreat, Bonnaford , Brentnor, Brentor, Devon, PL19 0LX
a change of use from C2 residential institution to C3 dwelling house

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice — verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.