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Site At Sx 758 440 (Bowden Farm) Sherford

0365/26/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for erection and use of building as a dwelling (C3), and change of use of land to be domestic garden

Received
10 February 2026
Ward
Allington & Strete
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Site At Sx 758 440 (Bowden Farm) Sherford. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Allington & Strete.

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

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Frogmore and Sherford
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation start
2 March 2026
Decision issued
30 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
BBH CHARTERED ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Creek House Island Street Salcombe TQ8 8DP

Planning decision

Decision
Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) Certified
Case officer
Rose Dugard

Additional information

Documents
8

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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