The Winking Prawn Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD Data via plota.co.uk

1542/26/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved
Change of useCommercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of cafe car park (Use Class E) for the siting of a commercial mobile sauna (sui generis) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jun 2026
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Approved
30 Jul 2026

Approved on 30 Jul 2026 · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 11

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Lodge to the Moult, Grade II, about 25 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 ↗
South Devon 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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Heritage coast: South Devon
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Cremyll to Kingswear about 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
SSSI about 26 m away: Bolt Head to Bolt Tail SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Local nature reserve about 190 m away: Salcombe to Kingsbridge
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
Inside the Salcombe built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 1

Last sold for £70,500 in June 1995. Detached house, freehold.

15 June 1995£70,500New build

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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
TQ8 8LD
Received
5 Jun 2026
Validated
5 Jun 2026
Ward
Salcombe & Thurlestone
Parish
Salcombe
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approved
Decision date
30 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
South Hams Planning Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 76% of changes of use here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
83decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
9 Jun 2026
Comments by
16 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Withdrawn
Woodlands Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed removal of an existing dilapidated timber garden s…
3593/25/CLP
2025 Withdrawn
Woodlands Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed removal of an existing dilapidated timber garden s…
3593/25/CLP
2025 Approved
Moult Farm Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD
Listed building consent for roof & associated works
3317/25/LBC
2025 Approved
Moult Farm Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD
Listed building consent for roof & associated works
3317/25/LBC
2025 Approved
Moult Farm Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of former tearoom as a dwellinghouse
2167/25/CLE
2025 Approved
Moult Farm Cliff Road Salcombe TQ8 8LD
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of former tearoom as a dwellinghouse
2167/25/CLE
2020 Approved
4 Moult Farm Cottages, Cliff Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8LD
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 and 4 of planning consent 29…
1315/20/ARC
2020 Approved
4 Moult Farm Cottages, Cliff Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8LD
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 and 4 of planning consent 29…
1315/20/ARC
2019 Approved
4 Moult Farm Cottages, Cliff Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8LD
Householder application for erection of extension to dwelling.
2902/19/HHO
2018 Approved
Quiet House, Cliff Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8LD
Application for a garden studio/exercise room in the rear garden
2524/18/FUL
2018 Approved
Quiet House, Cliff Road, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8LD
Application for a garden studio/exercise room in the rear garden
2524/18/FUL
2016 Approved
Woodlands Cliff Road Salcombe Devon TQ8 8LD
T1 Sycamore. Fell under Exemption. T1. Pine. Remove deadwood. T2. Pine. fell. T3 Pine. Fe…
0432/16/TPO
South Hams
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#89 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.