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Mary Mills Farm (New House) Sorley Green TQ7 4BS

3667/25/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) Certified

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of a cabin structure and its garden as an independent dwelling

Received
16 December 2025
Ward
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Mary Mills Farm (New House) Sorley Green TQ7 4BS. South West Devon has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker 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 65 applications across Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford. We hold 996 applications in total for the TQ7 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
TQ7 4BS
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Churchstow
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation start
22 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Addlepool Business Centre Woodbury Road Clyst St George EX3 0NR

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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