Overview

• The couple seek to remove three conditions attached to their £250,000 extension approval, including deadlines to remove an external staircase and first-floor door, to drop pre-approval of a replacement painted timber door, and to eliminate advance sign-off for air source heat pumps
• Conservation officer Clare Vint found that the proposals have not minimised harm to the listed buildings or provided sufficient justification and noted minimal public benefit
• Vint recommended painting the external stairs black, screening or relocating the heat pump equipment and reducing the garden pavilion’s height, depth and width to lessen visual impact
• Teigncombe Manor is a Grade II-listed 16th-century longhouse with a settlement history predating the Domesday Book, making any alterations subject to stringent heritage oversight
• No decision date has been announced, extending the park authority’s review and delaying the couple’s planned transition from London to full-time Devon residency