Georges Mill Bearscombe Kingsbridge TQ7 2DW Data via plota.co.uk

2230/26/HHO - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage to provide a bedroom with ensuite and partial enclosure of existing wood store to create workshop/store Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Approved
30 Sept 2026

Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 33

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Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Milestone Circa 10 Metres East of Bearscombe Cottages, Grade II, about 13 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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
Priority habitat about 14 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland; National landscape about 468 m away: South Devon.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 3

Last sold for £1,000,000 in May 2022. Detached house, freehold.

3 May 2022£1,000,000
26 February 2015£830,000
23 November 1999£80,000

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

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Important details

Council
South Hams
Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
TQ7 2DW
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Ward
Allington & Strete
Parish
Buckland-Tout-Saints
Case officer
Show
Decision
Conditional Approval
Decision date
30 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Synergy Architectural Solutions

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, about the council's usual 52 days. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
337decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Hams in the last twelve months, from validation. South Hams decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
2 supporting

Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
12 Aug 2026
Comments by
17 Sept 2026
South Hams
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#89 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Hams is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #97 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) 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
South Hams decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #116 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #165 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #97 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #69 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
130 decided (1-9 homes)
70%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,018
Total decisions
101 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.