Higher Bolshayne Cottage Whitwell Lane Colyford Colyton EX24 6HS Data via plota.co.uk

26/1040/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Rear north elevation: replace rainwater goods; 2no. extract vents in wall; replace bathroom window; install combi boiler; 1no. extract vent tile on roof; 1no. soil vent pipe and boiler flue removed and made good; front south elevation: replace rainwater goods. Side east elevation: repair render. First floor: new partition wall to create WC. Ground floor: connect new first floor SVP to ground floor; new stud wall to create bedroom 3 and re-locate sliding door from living room to bedroom 3 and remove fireplace and hearth in new bedroom Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jun 2026
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Approved
13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Bolshayne Higher Bolyshayne Farmhouse
List entry 1098513 · 0 m away
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; National landscape 261 m away: East Devon.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
East Devon
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
EX24 6HS
Received
15 Jun 2026
Validated
15 Jun 2026
Ward
Coly Valley
Parish
Colyford
Target decision
14 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval with conditions
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
MF Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, 11 days slower than East Devon's median of 48 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
567decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 20 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14954220
Planning Portal ref
PP-14954220
Site or press notice
24 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#72 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

East Devon ranks #103 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #152 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #104 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #103 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #86 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
168 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
25 decided
1,321
Total decisions
157 refused in the year to March 2026

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