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Captains Farmhouse Cadeleigh Tiverton Devon EX16 8HR

26/00878/FULLFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse permission2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of annex to form an independent dwelling

Received
8 July 2026
Ward
Cadbury
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Captains Farmhouse Cadeleigh Tiverton Devon EX16 8HR. Mid Devon has handled 1,674 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Cadbury. We hold 1,080 applications in total for the EX16 postcode area.

97% of full applications at Mid Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would create an isolated independent dwelling in the countryside, outside any defined settlement and outside an existing group of houses. The annexe is in active lawful use as accommodation ancillary to Captains Farmhouse and is neither redundant nor disused. It is a separate building from the farmhouse and the proposal would not constitute the subdivision of an existing residential building. No essential rural worker, heritage, exceptional design or other justification has been demonstrated. The proposal therefore fails to meet the circumstances in which an isolated countryside home may be supported and conflicts with Policies S14 and DM9 of the Mid Devon Local Plan 2013-2033 and Policies S5(3) and HO11 of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026).
  2. The site is geographically separated from the defined settlement and services at Cadeleigh. Access is via narrow rural lanes which are unlit and generally without footways or dedicated cycle infrastructure. Future occupiers would have no genuine choice of transport modes and would be heavily dependent on private motor vehicles for day-to-day needs. The proposal would therefore fail to support a sustainable pattern of movement, contrary to Policies S1 and S14 of the Mid Devon Local Plan 2013-2033 and Policies S5, TR3 and CC2 of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026). The modest benefit of one additional dwelling, including in the context of the Council's 2.40-year housing land supply, would not overcome this conflict or the restriction on isolated homes in Policy HO11 REFULZ TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EX16 8HR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cadeleigh 09

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2026
Consultation start
9 July 2026
Last date for comments
30 July 2026
Target decision date
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bondstones The Stables Hestercombe House Cheddon Fitzpaine Taunton TA2 8LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14817914
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 parks, 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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Jul

    Variation of Condition 5 of planning permission 07/01404/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside26/00865/FULL
  2. 2026
    8 Jul

    Change of use of annex to form an independent dwelling

    This applicationRefusedFull26/00878/FULL

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