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Land at NGR 305879 110656 Quicks Farm Smithincott Devon

26/00040/PNAGAgricultural Prior Approval/NotificationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Approval for the erection of an agricultural storage building

Received
10 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Lower Culm
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at NGR 305879 110656 Quicks Farm Smithincott Devon. Mid Devon has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Mid Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lower Culm.

91% of outline applications at Mid Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Although the proposed agricultural storage building meets the technical size and height limitations under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), the Local Planning Authority considers that Prior Approval is required and should be refused in respect of the siting, design and external appearance of the development.
  2. The proposed building would adjoin the recently approved agricultural storage building (25/01761/PNAG), resulting in the creation of an approximately 80-metre-long portal frame structure positioned in a prominent and elevated location within an open agricultural field. The cumulative scale, form and massing of the two buildings, detached from the established farmstead cluster and centrally located within the field, would result in a visually intrusive and incongruous form of development that fails to respect the rural character and landscape setting of the area.
  3. The development would therefore fail to comply with Policies S1, S14, DM1 and DM20 of the Mid Devon Local Plan (2013-2033) and the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of protecting the character of the countryside.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Agricultural Prior Approval/Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Uffculme 53

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
7 February 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bateman Hosegood Ltd Netherstonhaies Farm Butterleigh Cullompton EX15 1PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14611456
Documents
32
Constraints
9

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: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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.

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