23, Watts Road, Tavistock, PL19 8LG
Approved on 30 June 2023
Council decision: Conditional Approval
Proposal
Householder application for proposed conversion of existing basement to provide additional living & sleeping accommodation & associatedlandscaping to include widening of vehicular access
- Received
- 24 March 2023
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Tavistock North
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 May
- Consult.Consultation29 Jun
- TargetTarget Date5 Jul
- DecidedDecided30 Jun
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 23, Watts Road, Tavistock, PL19 8LG. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Tavistock conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Tavistock North. We hold 827 applications in total for the PL19 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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Application details
- Postcode
- PL19 8LG
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tavistock
- District
- West Devon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 29 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 29 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 29 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 32 Reynell Road Ogwell Newton Abbot TQ12 6YA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 June 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Tavistock
- 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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