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The Old Vicarage, Church Hill, Whitchurch, PL19 9ED

3936/22/HHOHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 22 February 2023

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Householder application for refurbishment to include new pitched roofsection to northern roof slope, reinstatement of original styleveranda, new garden room extension, boot room lean to & detachedgarage with covered potting area

Received
10 November 2022
Ward
Tavistock South East
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Old Vicarage, Church Hill, Whitchurch, PL19 9ED. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitchurch conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tavistock South East. We hold 827 applications in total for the PL19 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
PL19 9ED
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tavistock
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2022
Consultation expiry
5 January 2023
Consultation end
5 January 2023
Last date for comments
5 January 2023
Target decision date
24 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plumer House Tailyour Road Plymouth PL6 5DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 January 2023

Additional information

Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Whitchurch
  • 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, 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.

© 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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