Land to East of Barn Cottage, Hensbury Lane, Bere Ferrers, PL20 7LA

3320/19/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for Existing UseApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 4 December 2019

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) Certified

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for the erection of a building

Received: 14 October 2019
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Burrator

ReceivedReceived14 Oct
ValidatedValidated14 Oct
Consult.Consultation3 Dec
TargetTarget Date9 Dec
DecidedDecided4 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land to East of Barn Cottage, Hensbury Lane, Bere Ferrers, PL20 7LA. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 468 applications in total for the PL20 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: PL20 7LA
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bere Ferrers
District: West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 October 2019
Last date for comments: 3 December 2019
Target decision date: 9 December 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Oaks Wotter Devon PL7 5HP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National Landscape (AONB): Tamar Valley
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

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© 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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