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Ridgecombe Farm Lifton PL16 0HD

0706/26/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to 4No dwellinghouses (Class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a+c))

Received
16 March 2026
Ward
Tamarside
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Ridgecombe Farm Lifton PL16 0HD. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Tamarside. We hold 114 applications in total for the PL16 postcode area.

80% of outline 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
PL16 0HD
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lifton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
17 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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