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18, Swallowfields, Totnes, TQ9 5LA

0203/22/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 10 June 2022

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) Certified

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of garden room permitted under planning reference 56/2652/14/F as a self-contained rentaldwelling

Received
19 January 2022
Ward
Totnes
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 18, Swallowfields, Totnes, TQ9 5LA. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Totnes. We hold 2,953 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

80% 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 5LA
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Totnes
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2022
Last date for comments
25 March 2022
Target decision date
30 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    19 Jan

    Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of garden room permitted under planning reference 56/2652/14/F

    This applicationApprovedAmendment0203/22/CLE
  2. 2014
    23 Oct

    Householder application for erection of single storey wooden frame andclad shed with adjoined garden room and…

    ApprovedFullPart of56/2652/14/F

Source: South West Devon

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