1 Stephens Close Fore Street Bere Alston PL20 7AB Data via plota.co.uk

2737/26/CLP - Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use Under Consideration

Proposal

Loft conversion with the insertion of velux windows including velux cabrio Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 17 Nov 2026, from West Devon's recent extensions.

Site constraints 6

Tamar Valley National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Bere Alston conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Bere Alston built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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. 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 2

Last sold for £227,500 in October 2019. Detached house, freehold.

25 October 2019£227,500
28 April 2014£197,500

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

Building

Floor area95 m² (1,023 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (82 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyDetached house
Built2014
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.25 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2014, 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
West Devon
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use
Postcode
PL20 7AB
Received
29 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
Bere Ferrers
Parish
Bere Ferrers
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mike Leggett Building Plans Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. West Devon usually decides extensions by day 49.

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
110decided in the last year

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

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.