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Harling Farm Bere Alston PL20 7JD

0335/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Refusal2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Renew consent application number 0685/20/FUL for the siting of an temporary agricultural workers dwelling for an additional 3 years to fully establish the business

Received
5 February 2025
Ward
Bere Ferrers
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 422 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Harling Farm Bere Alston PL20 7JD. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 463 days, 58 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Bere Ferrers. We hold 468 applications in total for the PL20 postcode area.

89% of full applications at South Hams 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. The siting of the mobile home and its use as accommodation for an agricultural worker is not supported by an essential need and is therefore contrary to the provisions of SPT1, SPT2, TTV1, TTV2, TTV26 and DEV15 of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014-2034) and the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework, most notably paragraph 84a.
  2. The siting of the mobile home does not respond positively to the local building vernacular to the detriment of landscape character, thus failing to fulfil the statutory purpose for the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty of the Tamar Valley National Landscape, contrary to the provisions of TTV26, DEV20, DEV23, DEV25 of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014-2034), E1 of the Bere Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan and the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework, most notably paragraph 189. Application ref.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PL20 7JD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bere Ferrers
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2025
Consultation expiry
24 April 2025
Consultation start
19 March 2025
Consultation end
24 April 2025
Committee meeting
10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Quad 4000 Blackbrook Business Park Taunton TA1 2PX

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Tamar Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low 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 (21)

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, 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: South West Devon

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