Bawdens The Bakers 26 Brook Street Bampton Tiverton Devon EX16 9LY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00601/PNCOU - PN Change of Use Refused

Proposal

Prior Approval for the change of use of ground floor bakery (Class E) to form a dwelling (Class C3) with the existing first floor flat Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
27 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
28 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
22 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 22 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 26

Consultation & comments 14

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 30 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 29 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Public Health Consultee Comment · 21 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 19 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 19 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 16 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 14 May 2026 View ↗
PDF from Bampton Town Council Consultee Comment · 14 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 11 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 6 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 5 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 5 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Environment Agency Consultee Comment · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

15 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Milestone Immediately in Front of No 32 Brook Street, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin · 15 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 15 with distances
Historic England ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 283 m away: Kersdown Quarry SSSI; Inside the Bampton (Mid Devon) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £315,000 in May 2021. Other property, freehold.

28 May 2021£315,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area120 m² (1,292 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (39 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyEnd-terrace house, 4 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Mid Devon
Application type
PN Change of Use
Postcode
EX16 9LY
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Clare and Shuttern
Parish
Bampton 01
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Jun 2026
Decision
Refusal of Prior Approval
Decision date
22 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 10% of changes of use here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
79decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Mid Devon in the last twelve months, from validation. Mid Devon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14889046
Planning Portal ref
PP-14889046
Consultation
28 Apr 2026
Comments by
20 May 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#77 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Mid Devon is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #77 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mid Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #21 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #85 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #77 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #153 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
98%
Change of use approved
40 decided
704
Total decisions
37 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.