Land At Sx 784 616 Dartington
Refused on 18 June 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Agricultural Notification for storage building (48.1m x 20m x 9.15m)
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Dartington & Staverton
- ReceivedReceived21 May
- ValidatedValidated21 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Land At Sx 784 616 Dartington. South West Devon has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than South West 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 44 applications across Dartington & Staverton.
90% of all 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
- The proposed building is stated to be partly for accommodating livestock and is sited within 400m of a protected building. As such it does do not benefit from Permitted Development rights under Part 6, Class A.1 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Application type
- Agricultural Determination
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dartington
- District
- South Hams
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Higher Barn Farm Slade Lane, Roadwater Watchet TA23 0LY
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South West Devon
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