Bearscombe, Modbury, PL21 0TU

2204/24/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for Existing UseRefused

Lawful development certificate

Refused on 3 September 2024

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) Refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of barn as a dwelling within Use class C3

Received: 11 July 2024
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Charterlands

ReceivedReceived11 Jul
ValidatedValidated11 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bearscombe, Modbury, PL21 0TU. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Charterlands. We hold 1,259 applications in total for the PL21 postcode area.

78% of amendment 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: PL21 0TU
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Modbury
District: South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 July 2024
Consultation start: 15 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Pendeen Plymouth PL9 9BQ

Publicity

Site notice start: 15 July 2024

Additional information

Documents: 12

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.

Source: South West Devon

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