The Linhay Higher Wood Farm Blackawton TQ9 7AB

0192/26/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for Existing UseApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) Certified

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for non compliance with occupancy condition

Received: 26 January 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Blackawton & Stoke Fleming

ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated26 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Linhay Higher Wood Farm Blackawton TQ9 7AB. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer 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 59 applications across Blackawton & Stoke Fleming. We hold 2,950 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

78% of amendment 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 7AB
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Blackawton
District: South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 January 2026
Consultation start: 30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Luscombe Maye 59 Fore Street TOTNES TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents: 13

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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