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2150/26/FUL - Full Planning Application Within Consultation Period

Proposal

Temporary change of use of land for the siting of a mobile sauna with ancillary amenity and office accommodation (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 02:24

Application progress

✓

Received

11 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 6 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 5 Oct 2026, from South Hams's recent changes of use.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

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.

Heritage coast: South Devon

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 2, 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 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: South Hams
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: PL8 1LB
Received: 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 11 Aug 2026
Ward: Newton & Yealmpton
Parish: Holbeton
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Geo

Decision outlook

Day 34 of the 56-day target. South Hams usually decides changes of use by day 55.

prediction

Day 3422 days to the 56-day target

58%decided within 8 weeks

75%approved

63decided 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 →

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