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Tungfield Farm Bowcombe Road Kingsbridge TQ7 2DL

0918/26/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness for Proposed UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (Proposed) Refusal1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed siting of a carvan within the garden to provide ancillary accommodation

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Kingsbridge
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Tungfield Farm Bowcombe Road Kingsbridge TQ7 2DL. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Kingsbridge. We hold 997 applications in total for the TQ7 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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Why it was refused

  1. It has not been demonstrated that, on the balance of probabilities, the proposed caravan would be sited within the residential planning unit of Tungfield Farm. It has not been demonstrated that, on the balance of probability, the proposed caravan would be occupied for purposes ancillary to the occupation of the main dwelling house at Tungfield Farm. Extensive engineering operations have been carried out to facilitate the siting of the caravan. Such operations are considered to fall with the scope of development within the meaning of Section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and have been carried out without the benefit of planning permission within the last 4 years. Application ref. 0918/26/CLP Head of Development Management for and on behalf of the Council Accordingly, based on the information submitted the proposed siting of a caravan in this location, on these unauthorised works, would result in a material change of use of land that would require planning permission. As such a certificate of lawfulness cannot be issued. First Schedule: Certificate of lawfulness for proposed siting of a caravan within the garden to provide ancillary accommodation Second Schedule: Tungfield Farm, Bowcombe Road, Kingsbridge, TQ7 2DL

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TQ7 2DL
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kingsbridge
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
59 Fore Street Totnes TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents
6

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
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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