Tor Cottage Chillaton Lifton PL16 0JE Data via plota.co.uk

2234/26/HHO - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed extension & alterations to existing house with associated external works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:11

Application progress

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Received

10 Aug 2026

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Validated

21 Aug 2026

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Approved

29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland

Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Public bridleway about 18 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.

Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

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

Priority habitat about 16 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 £770,000 in December 2024. Other property, freehold.

4 December 2024£770,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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: Householder Application
Postcode: PL16 0JE
Received: 10 Aug 2026
Validated: 21 Aug 2026
Ward: Milton Ford
Parish: Milton Abbot
Case officer: Show
Decision: Conditional Approval
Decision date: 29 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Roderick James Architects LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 10 days faster than West Devon's median of 49 for extensions. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.

This one39d

Council49d

UK55d

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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 24 Aug 2026
Comments by: 24 Sept 2026