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The Priory, Priory Street, Kingswear

0554/26/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Refusal2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Proposed conversion of four flats into a single dwelling house (C3), proposed side extensions, orangery and front entrance porch

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Dartmouth & East Dart
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at The Priory, Priory Street, Kingswear. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Dartmouth & East Dart.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would result in a net loss of three dwellings and a reduction in smaller housing units. The development would therefore materially harm the balance of the local housing stock, and worsen the Council’s significant shortfall in housing land supply. In addition, the development would exacerbate an existing imbalance between smaller and larger dwellings in the parish, and the development would therefore conflict with policies SPT2(4) and DEV8(1) of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan and paragraphs 11(d) and 61 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed development fails to provide sufficient off-street parking to serve the dwelling, with the identified spaces being inaccessible in practice. Given the increased dwelling size and likely car ownership associated with the development, this would lead to unacceptable parking impacts, with the dwelling failing to meet the parking standards set out in Policy K7 of the Kingswear Neighbourhood Plan, and the Joint Local Plan Supplementary Planning Document, as well as being in general conflict with policy DEV29 of the Plymouth & South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014- 2034). Application ref.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kingswear
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
24 March 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Heron Close Sway Lymington Hampshire SO41 6ET

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): South Devon
  • Heritage coast: South Devon
  • 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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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. 2026
    9 Feb

    Part demolition of boundary wall to construct a new vehicular access, formation of a ramp into the site…

    RefusedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside0422/26/FUL
  2. 2026
    9 Feb

    Proposed conversion of four flats into a single dwelling house (C3), proposed side extensions, orangery and…

    This applicationRefusedFull0554/26/FUL

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