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Ginger Beer Cottage 31 33 Essington Lane North Tawton EX20 2DS

1652/26/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 August 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval2 conditions

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

Proposal

Alterations to the two bathrooms on the first floor

Received
17 June 2026
Ward
Exbourne
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Ginger Beer Cottage 31 33 Essington Lane North Tawton EX20 2DS. South West Devon has handled 953 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the North Tawton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Exbourne. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
EX20 2DS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Tawton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026
Consultation expiry
23 July 2026
Consultation start
19 June 2026
Consultation end
23 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Northgate Studios 4 Northgate Street Launceston PL15 8BD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: North Tawton
  • 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, 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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