PL8
Outer Postcode Area • 368 PostcodesWorking on listings or site checks?
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Commercial location facts for PL8
Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.
English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived
Food Standards Agency register
Not on the Defra noise map
Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council
Local facts for businesses
Official figures for PL8. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.
- Fastest broadband available
- 10–30 Mbit/s
- Ofcom
Food and drink businesses within 1 km
- Restaurants and cafés0
- Takeaways0
- Pubs and bars0
- Food shops and supermarkets0
Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.
Planning constraints
planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England
- Article 4 direction
- Not published
- Conservation area
- Not published
- Tree preservation zone
- Not published
- South Hams has not published Article 4 direction areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
- South Hams has not published conservation areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
- 2 listed building(s) within 100m (nearest: Grade II WRESCOMBE FARMHOUSE, 20m). Work affecting their setting may need extra consent.
Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.
Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths
Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)
Data quality: Aggregated across 368 constituent postcodes
368 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 7 Oct 2026, 16:07.
Frequently Asked Questions
Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in PL8.
Is PL8 a good place to live?
PL8 in South Hams scores 44.1/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.
What is the crime rate in PL8?
The PL8 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in South Hams, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.
What schools are near PL8?
The PL8 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.
How well connected is PL8?
The PL8 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.
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