22 Tulip Lane Sherford Plymouth PL9 8WN Data via plota.co.uk

0479/26/CLP - Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use Approved
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for installation of approx 16-18 solar panels on house roof. Rear elevation only. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Feb 2026
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Approved
24 Apr 2026

Approved on 24 Apr 2026 · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a, surveyed
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). From a field survey (Bristol). The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Survey report ↗
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
Inside the Sherford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
South Hams
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use
Postcode
PL9 8WN
Received
19 Feb 2026
Validated
19 Feb 2026
Ward
Wembury & Brixton
Parish
Brixton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approved
Decision date
24 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 10 days slower than South Hams's median of 54 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 91% of lawful development certificates here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
61decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
22 Tulip Lane Sherford PL9 8WN
Householder application for dropped kerb access & erection of driveway gates
1585/25/HHO
2025 Approved
22 Tulip Lane Sherford PL9 8WN
Householder application for dropped kerb access & erection of driveway gates
1585/25/HHO
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings