Planning application
Capricorns Wolversleigh Farm Sidbury Sidmouth EX10 0QH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of existing lawfulness for the construction and occupation of a dwelling built in 2003 and continuously occupied by the same inhabitants until March 2025.
As published by the council, reference 25/1812/CPE
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1812/CPE
- Type
- Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 2 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Sidmouth Rural
- Parish
- Sidmouth
- Postcode
- EX10 0QH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2025
Received by East Devon
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Devon took a median of 42 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Devon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Devon decided lawful development applications in a median of 36 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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