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Battleford Barn Battleford Lane Littlehempston Totnes TQ9 6NG

25/02142/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 13 February 2026

Council decision: PERMISSION REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use of agricultural land to a mixed use of agriculture/equestrian and the siting of a residential mobile home (coach/motorhome) for personal occupation by a rural worker and siting of a wooden store

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ipplepen
Agent
XL Planning Ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Battleford Barn Battleford Lane Littlehempston Totnes TQ9 6NG. Teignbridge has handled 1,913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Teignbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Ipplepen. We hold 2,950 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Teignbridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal is not considered to comprise sustainable residential development because it is located within the designated open countryside, where adopted Teignbridge Local Plan Policy S22 (Countryside) and emerging Local Plan Policy GP3 (Settlement Limits and the Countryside) restrict development and prevent open market residential land use. While rural workers’ dwellings are permitted in the countryside under both policies in certain circumstances, the applicants do not meet the definition of rural workers and insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate compliance with Policy WE9 (Rural Workers’ Dwellings) of the adopted Teignbridge Local Plan 2013-2033 or emerging Policy H16 of the Local Plan 2040.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TQ9 6NG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
IPPLEPEN

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Last date for comments
24 February 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
XL Planning Ltd
Agent address
1A Fore Street Cullompton EX15 1JW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14586711
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Teignbridge

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