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Timber Workshop Cornworthy TQ9 7HF

2565/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 November 2025

Council decision: Conditional Approval8 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of buildings used for carpentry workshops to a mixed business use comprising Class E(g) (formerly B1 use) and B8 storage.

Received
29 August 2025
Ward
West Dart
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Timber Workshop Cornworthy TQ9 7HF. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks 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 81 applications across West Dart. 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 7HF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cornworthy
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
9 October 2025
Consultation start
4 September 2025
Consultation end
9 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Luscombe Maye 59 Fore Street Totnes TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): South Devon
  • 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, 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, 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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