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Land At Sx 56508 94788 Okehampton

1678/26/AGRAgricultural DeterminationRefused

Refused on 2 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of an agricultural storage building

Received
19 June 2026
Ward
Okehampton North
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land At Sx 56508 94788 Okehampton. South West Devon has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Okehampton North.

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Why it was refused

  1. It has not been demonstrated that the proposed building is reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture within the agricultural unit. As such the proposal is not permitted development under Class A (agricultural development on units of 5 hectares or more) of Part 6 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
Okehampton Hamlets
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 Bannawell Street Tavistock PL19 0DP

Additional information

Documents
3

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: 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South West Devon

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