Lower Abbotsleigh Blackawton TQ9 7AF

0140/26/HHOHouseholder ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Householder application for retrospective permission for a timber summerhouse built within 2m of the boundary.

Received: 19 January 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Blackawton & Stoke Fleming

ReceivedReceived19 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation5 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Lower Abbotsleigh Blackawton TQ9 7AF. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Blackawton & Stoke Fleming. We hold 2,951 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

89% of full applications at South Hams District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TQ9 7AF
Application type: Householder Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Blackawton
District: South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 March 2026
Consultation start: 27 January 2026
Consultation end: 5 March 2026

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 5 March 2026

Additional information

Documents: 16

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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: South West Devon

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