Land West Of Monkey Oak Farmhouse Harberton

1541/26/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given5 conditions

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to 2 No dwellinghouse (Class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a+c))

Received: 4 June 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: West Dart

ReceivedReceived4 Jun
ValidatedValidated4 Jun
Consult.Consultation7 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land West Of Monkey Oak Farmhouse Harberton. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across West Dart.

80% of outline 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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Application details

Application type: Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harberton
District: South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 June 2026
Consultation expiry: 7 July 2026
Consultation start: 9 June 2026
Consultation end: 7 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 59 Fore Street Totnes Devon TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: South West Devon

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