Beacon Court, Bittaford, PL21 0DS Data via plota.co.uk

2152/26/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of existing stables (outbuildings) and land to domestic use incidental to the use of the dwellinghouse known as Beacon Court, together with associated operational development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Last checked 28 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Torpeek Farmhouse, Grade II, about 27 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 9 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.
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.
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
National park about 144 m away: Dartmoor.
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 £645,000 in March 2025. Semi-detached house, freehold.

31 March 2025£645,000
12 July 2019£412,500

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

Building

Floor area141 m² (1,518 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (47 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 4 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2017, 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
South Hams
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
PL21 0DS
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Ermington & Ugborough
Parish
Ugborough
Case officer
Show
Decision
Conditional Approval
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Devon & Cornwall Planning Consultants Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than South Hams's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
78decided 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
6 Aug 2026
Comments by
10 Sept 2026
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
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

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.