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Little Acorns, R/O 7 Burnshall Cottages, Chillaton, PL16 0HX

1334/19/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 December 2019

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of holiday let to dwelling

Received
25 April 2019
Ward
Milton Ford
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 221 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Little Acorns, R/O 7 Burnshall Cottages, Chillaton, PL16 0HX. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 239 days, 26 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Milton Ford. We hold 114 applications in total for the PL16 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
PL16 0HX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Milton Abbot
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2019
Consultation expiry
20 June 2019
Consultation end
20 June 2019
Last date for comments
20 June 2019
Target decision date
8 July 2019
Committee meeting
27 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 Bannawell Street Tavistock PL19 0DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
APP/Q1153/W/20/3245715
Appeal date
4 March 2020
Appeal result
Upheld
Appeal decision date
20 July 2020

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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