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Cocos Nursery, Station Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JR

3996/23/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Proposal

Change of Use to 3no Apartments with Parking

Received
5 December 2023
Decided
9 February 2024 · Refusal
Ward
Totnes
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in South West Devon89% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cocos Nursery, Station Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JR. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than South West Devon's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Totnes. We hold 2,936 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
3996/23/FUL
Address
Cocos Nursery, Station Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JR
Postcode
TQ9 5JR
Local Authority
South West Devon
Application Type
Full Planning Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Refused
Ward
Totnes
Parish
Totnes
District
South Hams

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
7 Manor Park Kingsbridge TQ7 1BB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
5 December 2023
Consultation Expiry
8 February 2024
Date Decided
9 February 2024
Date Validated
15 December 2023
Date Submitted
5 December 2023
Consultation Start
8 January 2024
Consultation End
8 February 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Refusal

Publicity

Site Notice Start
8 January 2024

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
21
Coordinates
50.433792, -3.687766
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South West Devon

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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 (22)

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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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