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Public Conveniences, Marine Drive, Bigbury On Sea, TQ7 4AS

0687/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 6 May 2025

Council decision: Refusal4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed ground floor extension with additional floor above to existing Facilities Building (toilet block), to provide additional accommodation falling under Use Class E

Received
5 March 2025
Ward
Charterlands
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Public Conveniences, Marine Drive, Bigbury On Sea, TQ7 4AS. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Charterlands. We hold 997 applications in total for the TQ7 postcode area.

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 additional height and bulk of the first floor element of the proposed development would have an adverse impact on the setting of the grade II listed building, and curtilage listed buildings on Burgh Island, affecting the intervisibility between the island and the mainland and introducing a dominant building which would detract from the heritage assets. The development therefore fails to preserve or enhance the historic environment, contrary to policy DEV21 of the Plymouth & South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014- 2034), policy BP23 of the Bigbury Neighbourhood Plan (2019- 2034) and Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2025).
  2. Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate how the first floor extension would represent an appropriate and proportionate expansion of an existing local business, and the proposal could result in uses under Class E which are inappropriate in the site location. The development therefore conflicts with policies SPT1, SPT2, and DEV15 of the Plymouth & South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014- 2034), and policies BP14 and BP16 of the Bigbury Neighbourhood Plan (2019- 2034). Application ref.
  3. The proposed development, by virtue of the additional height and incongruous design of the access ramp, would fail to have regard to the local pattern of development, contrary to policies DEV20 and DEV23 of the Plymouth & South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014- 2034), policy BP23 of the Bigbury Neighbourhood Plan (2019- 2034), and paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2025).
  4. The proposed development would fail to preserve and enhance the setting of the South Devon National Landscape and the Undeveloped Coast policy area through the increase in roof height and incongruous development which would intrude into the open coastal views across the village and the views of Burgh Island. The development would therefore conflict with policies DEV20, DEV23, DEV24, and DEV25 of the Plymouth & South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014- 2034), policies BP7, BP18, and BP22 of the Bigbury Neighbourhood Plan (2019- 2034), and paragraph 189 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2025), as well as policies Lan/P1, Lan/P4, Lan/P5, and Lan/P6 of the South Devon National Landscape Management Plan (2019- 2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TQ7 4AS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Bigbury
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2025
Consultation expiry
17 April 2025
Consultation start
14 March 2025
Consultation end
17 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Turnpike Close Yate Bristol BS37 4JF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
108

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Source: South West Devon

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