Planning permission in Teignbridge
Teignbridge District Council decides planning applications in Teignbridge, except inside the national park, where the park authority does. This page shows the protected areas that affect what homeowners can build without planning permission, and the planning data Teignbridge publishes.
Conservation areas
Teignbridge has 35 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Abbotskerswell
- Bishopsteignton
- Bovey Tracey Pottery Road
- Bovey Tracey Town Centre and Mary Street
- Broadhempston
- Chudleigh
- Cockwood Sod
- Coffinswell
- Combeinteignhead
- Courtenay Park and Devon Square
- Dawlish
- Denbury
- Doddiscombsleigh
- Dunchideock
- East Ogwell
- Forde Park
- Higher Ashton
- Holcombe
- Holcombe Burnell
- Holcombe Drive
- Ide
- Ipplepen
- Kenn
- Kenton
- Kingskerswell
- Kingsteignton
- Lower Ashton
- Newton Abbot, Wolborough Street
- Ringmore
- Shaldon
- Stokeinteignhead
- Teignmouth St James
- Teignmouth Town Centre
- Trusham
- Wolborough Hill
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Article 4 directions
Teignbridge hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
National parks, National Landscapes and green belt
- National park in or bordering Teignbridge: Dartmoor.
National parks and National Landscapes restrict permitted development in similar ways to conservation areas. Read more: extensions, loft dormers and garden rooms.
Listed buildings and protected trees
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Teignbridge doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Teignbridge doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What Teignbridge publishes
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 35 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Teignbridge? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
Start a checkData from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Teignbridge District Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Teignbridge District Council website.