The Reading Rooms Bal Lane, Mary Tavy, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9QA

0226/24Full Planning PermissionWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from Reading & Recreation Rooms to 2-storey dwelling

Received: 19 May 2024
Council: Dartmoor
Ward: West Devon

ReceivedReceived19 May
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Reading Rooms Bal Lane, Mary Tavy, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9QA. Dartmoor has handled 700 applications of this type. The site is in the Mary Tavy conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 162 applications across West Devon. We hold 827 applications in total for the PL19 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Dartmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: PL19 9QA
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Parish: Mary Tavy

Planning application dates

Validated: 19 May 2024

Planning decision

Decision: Withdrawn

Appeal history

3343862

Dismissed

Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 October 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mary Tavy
National park: Dartmoor
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Dartmoor

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