Church Barn Bondleigh EX20 2AN Data via plota.co.uk

2825/26/CLP - Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use Under Consideration

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed replacement of existing external glazing, excluding the front door, installation of conservation-style rooflights within the existing slate roof slopes to the front & rear elevations, installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels, formation of a mezzanine storage area within the existing garage roof space, including associated access & rooflights, painting of the existing stonework surrounding the front elevation window reveals off-white to match the existing render Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Oct 2026
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Validated
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 1 Dec 2026, from West Devon's recent extensions.

Site constraints 5

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) 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.
Scheduled monument about 47 m away: Churchyard cross 10m south of Bondleigh church
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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 ↗
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Bondleigh Barton, Grade II*, about 39 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 4 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 6 with distances
Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 15 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 £625,000 in October 2025. Detached house, freehold.

28 October 2025£625,000

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

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Important details

Council
West Devon
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use
Postcode
EX20 2AN
Received
8 Oct 2026
Validated
13 Oct 2026
Ward
Exbourne
Parish
Bondleigh
Case officer
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Applicant
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Agent
Thomas Souster - Architecture & Design

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. West Devon usually decides extensions by day 49.

Day 1541 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.