Wottons Farm Broadhempston Devon TQ9 6BB Data via plota.co.uk

26/00397/CLDE - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Approved
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the siting of a residential caravan/mobile home together with associated parking area and garden/curtilage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Mar 2026
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Approved
14 May 2026

Approved on 14 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Broadhempston built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Teignbridge
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Postcode
TQ9 6BB
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Ward
Ambrook
Parish
BROADHEMPSTON
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 May 2026
Decision
CERT LAWFUL USE EXIST/PROP APPROVED
Decision date
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Luscombe Maye

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 12 days slower than Teignbridge's median of 54 for changes of use. Approved, as 73% of changes of use here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
47decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14640302
Planning Portal ref
PP-14640302
Statutory expiry
4 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Teignbridge
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#102 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Teignbridge is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #39 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Teignbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 82% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Teignbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
80%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #262 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #270 of 296
80%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #39 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #37 of 296
60%
Minor dwellings approved
83 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
69%
Change of use approved
13 decided
716
Total decisions
141 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings