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1 Jordons Brook Totnes TQ9 5FR

0141/26/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness for Proposed UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation and refurbishment of a railway carriage to form a domestic garden outbuilding/studio incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse.

Received
19 January 2026
Ward
Totnes
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 1 Jordons Brook Totnes TQ9 5FR. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Totnes. We hold 2,951 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

80% of outline 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed installation of a railway carriage to form a domestic garden outbuilding/studio, would, by reason of the nature of the works involved, amount to development as defined by section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Such development within the curtilage of a dwelling would normally fall within Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, as amended. In this instance such permitted development rights were withdraw drawn by condition (g) of 56/1345/90/3 which granted permission for the Erection of sixty-eight dwellings and garages with associated roads and sewers, including the property now known as 1 Jordans Brook. Accordingly planning permission would be needed for the installation of a railway carriage as proposed and a certificate of lawfulness cannot be issued. Application ref. 0141/26/CLP Head of Development Management for and on behalf of the Council First Schedule: Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation and refurbishment of a railway carriage to form a domestic garden outbuilding/studio incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse. Second Schedule: 1 Jordons Brook, Totnes.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TQ9 5FR
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Totnes
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South West Devon

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