Block Management in Budleigh Salterton
Classed among exposed coastal areas facing Lyme Bay, with the lower Otter reconnected to its floodplain.
For residents' management companies, RTM companies and freeholders in Budleigh Salterton, we handle the full run of block and leasehold management. The Environment Agency classes the town among exposed coastal areas facing Lyme Bay, inside the East Devon National Landscape. Inland, the 15 million pound Lower Otter Restoration Project, completed in March 2023, raised South Farm Road to give an all-year-round flood-free route.
What We Would Put First for a Block in Budleigh Salterton
Record the Coastal Warning Area
The Environment Agency's coastal warning area from Exmouth to Seaton lists Budleigh Salterton among exposed coastal areas. For a seafront block we would record that warning area in the compliance file and set out who acts when a warning is issued.
ComplianceInsure Against the Right Flood Route
The town has two separate Environment Agency areas, one coastal and one for the lower Otter from Salston. We would establish which applies to the block before placing buildings insurance, and cite the Lower Otter Restoration Project completed in March 2023.
InsuranceUse the Correct Conservation Area Document
The town's conservation area was designated on 1 February 1983. East Budleigh is a separate area covering a different village, with its own appraisal reviewed in 2020. We would confirm the right designation before specifying external works.
ConsentsPlan Works Inside the National Landscape
The national planning register places the town inside the area of outstanding natural beauty designated on 1 September 1963. We would factor that designation into the specification and Section 20 consultation for any external major works.
Major works and Section 20Settle the Demise in Converted Houses
The Budleigh and Raleigh ward has 184 households in a converted or shared house. For a converted building we would establish the demise and repairing split from the leases before setting the budget.
Leasehold managementManaging a Block in Budleigh Salterton at a Glance
- Local authority
- East Devon District Council
- Authority type
- District, under the county council
- Building control
- East Devon District Council Building Control
- County
- Devon
- Fire and rescue service
- Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- South West Water
- From our Plymouth office
- About 40 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Coastal
What It Costs to Move a Block in Budleigh Salterton to Us
Management is a fixed annual fee, quoted for the building and agreed before we start. We take no commission and no third-party incentives, so the fee is the whole of what we earn from the building. Taking a block on carries a one-off start-up fee, set by size:
| Block size | Fee |
|---|---|
| Start-up fee, up to 10 units | £420.00 |
| Start-up fee, up to 25 units | £540.00 |
| Start-up fee, 50 units and above | £660.00 |
Taken from our published Additional Services price list, PBM Form #01-27 rev.6, effective 23 June 2025. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT. See the full price list and how a handover works.
Exposed Coast, Confirmed by Three Separate Designations
Open coast, and the designations confirm it from three directions. The district council describes the town as sitting in the East Devon National Landscape on the World Heritage Jurassic Coast with two miles of pebble beach. The national planning register puts the town itself inside the area of outstanding natural beauty designated on 1 September 1963. The Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site covers the cliffs immediately to the west, and the East Devon Heritage Coast, designated on 1 June 1984, begins on the frontage east of the Otter mouth. The Environment Agency classes the town among exposed coastal areas facing Lyme Bay. Salt-laden air shortens the life of external metalwork and paint, so seafront blocks need a tighter inspection and redecoration cycle.
Standards classify a high-salinity coastal atmosphere as C5-M, very high marine, in which unprotected steel loses more than 80 micrometres of thickness in its first year against as little as 1.3 inland. Balustrades, railings, fixings and walkway structures are what that costs a Budleigh Salterton block, so we survey them on a shorter interval and fund the reserve fund from what the surveys find.
Ward Figures Stretch Well Beyond the Town
The parish sits entirely inside the Budleigh and Raleigh ward, but is only about a tenth of that ward's area, the rest taking in East Budleigh, Otterton and open country. No tighter Census geography is published. Across that ward 445 of 3,601 households were in purpose-built blocks of flats at the 2021 Census. A further 184 were in a converted or shared house, 34 in another converted building and 48 over commercial premises. In a converted house, the demise and repairing split come from the leases and need settling before a budget is set.
Sea and the Lower Otter Are Separate Flood Exposures
Two distinct exposures with separate Environment Agency areas. The coastal warning area from Exmouth to Seaton lists the town among exposed coastal areas. The fluvial area for the lower Otter from Salston to Budleigh Salterton names riverside properties and roads through Tipton St John, Harpford, Newton Poppleford, Colaton Raleigh, Otterton and the town. The Lower Otter Restoration Project started in July 2021 and was completed in March 2023. It was the 15 million pound English component of a wider Anglo-French venture. It reconnected the river and its estuary to the floodplain for the first time in over 200 years and created 55 hectares of wetland. It also raised South Farm Road to give an all-year-round flood-free route, where the former road had been closed for significant periods, cutting off access to homes and businesses. A block's insurance disclosure should name whichever of the two warning areas applies to it.
One 1983 Conservation Area, Not East Budleigh's
One area, designated on 1 February 1983, one of the 33 in East Devon. East Budleigh is a separate conservation area covering a different village, designated on 1 October 1973 with its own appraisal reviewed in 2020. External works to a block in the town should be checked against the town's own designation, not East Budleigh's.
Low Radon Readings Mean Testing Is Rarely a Priority
Low. UKHSA's 2016 data report records 490 homes measured in the Budleigh ward with two at or above the action level, an arithmetic mean of 32 becquerels per cubic metre. In the EX9 6 postcode sector covering the town, one result of 420 was at or above the action level. Radon is a low priority for most blocks here, though a ground-floor flat can still be tested if residents want certainty.
A Neighbourhood Plan Backed by 94.7 Per Cent
Decided under the East Devon Local Plan 2013 to 2031, adopted on 28 January 2016, with a plan for 2020 to 2042 emerging. The Budleigh Salterton Neighbourhood Plan was made on 12 October 2017 after a referendum on 6 September 2017 in which 1,430 voted yes, 94.7 per cent, and 73 voted no. No Article 4 direction is recorded for the town. External works to a block are judged against both the local plan and the neighbourhood plan.
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Budleigh Salterton Questions
Did the Lower Otter Project Change Flood Access to the Town?
Yes, in one specific way. The project, started in July 2021 and completed in March 2023, raised South Farm Road to give an all-year-round flood-free route where the former road had been closed for significant periods, cutting off homes and businesses. It also reconnected the Otter to its floodplain for the first time in over 200 years and created 55 hectares of wetland.
What Does Radon Data Show for Budleigh Salterton?
It reads low. UKHSA's 2016 data report records 490 homes measured in the Budleigh ward with two at or above the action level and an arithmetic mean of 32 becquerels per cubic metre. In the EX9 6 postcode sector covering the town, one result of 420 was at or above the action level.
Which Planning Policies Cover Our Building?
The East Devon Local Plan 2013 to 2031, adopted on 28 January 2016, with a plan for 2020 to 2042 emerging, and the Budleigh Salterton Neighbourhood Plan made on 12 October 2017. Its referendum on 6 September 2017 returned 1,430 yes votes, 94.7 per cent, against 73 no. No Article 4 direction is recorded for the town.
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