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10, Swallowfields, Totnes, TQ9 5LA

1782/22/HHOHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 August 2022

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Householder application for single storey front and rear extension

Received
24 May 2022
Ward
Totnes
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 10, Swallowfields, Totnes, TQ9 5LA. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Totnes. We hold 2,951 applications in total for the TQ9 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
TQ9 5LA
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Totnes
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2022
Consultation expiry
14 July 2022
Consultation end
14 July 2022
Last date for comments
14 July 2022
Target decision date
1 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Earl Richards Road North St. Leonards Exeter EX2 6AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 July 2022

Additional information

Documents
30

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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