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1 Eddystone Road Down Thomas PL9 0AR

3453/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of existing ground floor shop to form additional residential accommodation for existing first floor dwelling.

Received
24 November 2025
Ward
Wembury & Brixton
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Eddystone Road Down Thomas PL9 0AR. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 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 46 applications across Wembury & Brixton. We hold 699 applications in total for the PL9 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would result in the loss of a facility of local community importance. Insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that there would be no significant harm to the level of service locally or that there is no reasonable prospect of the existing use continuing. As such the proposal is contrary to policy DEV18 of the Joint Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PL9 0AR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wembury
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
15 January 2026
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Consultation end
15 January 2026
Committee meeting
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ground Floor, 3 Sandy Court Ashleigh Way Plymouth PL7 5JX

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
16

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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