Planning decisions in Dartmoor
As of 18 Aug 2023, covering the last 5 years.
On the public planning record, Dartmoor approved 78% of 237 decided applications in the last 5 years. Here is the approval rate for the most common home-project types. It is useful before you apply and free for local reporters to cite with attribution to MyTrustedTraders.
Approval rate by project type
- Extension : 78% approved (82 decided, ~83 days)
- Rear extension : 65% approved (23 decided, ~87 days)
- Change of use : 57% approved (21 decided, ~80 days)
- Solar / renewables : 75% approved (20 decided, ~92 days)
- Demolition : 85% approved (20 decided, ~72 days)
- Outbuilding / garden room : 80% approved (15 decided, ~99 days)
- Conservatory / orangery : 93% approved (14 decided, ~77 days)
- Porch : 92% approved (13 decided, ~81 days)
- Side extension : 85% approved (13 decided, ~83 days)
- Roof / fenestration : 78% approved (9 decided, ~88 days)
- Tree work : 100% approved (7 decided, ~35 days) †
† We hold no refused decisions for this type here, so treat a full approval rate with caution. The council's own portal has the complete history.
Method
Figures are aggregates over the public planning decisions we hold for Dartmoor, matched to a project type from the application description. Overall approval is decided-weighted across project types, using each type's rate over the last 5 years where we hold enough decisions, otherwise its full record. Only types with at least five decided applications are shown. We publish aggregate counts only, with no application references or applicant names. Full method and limits.