Newhouse Farm House Bere Alston PL20 7ED

1757/26/AGRAgricultural DeterminationApproved

Approved on 20 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

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

Proposal

Agriculutral building for livestock, machinery and other general storage purposes

Received: 29 June 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Bere Ferrers

ReceivedReceived29 Jun
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Jul

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Newhouse Farm House Bere Alston PL20 7ED. South West Devon has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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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Application details

Postcode: PL20 7ED
Application type: Agricultural Determination
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bere Ferrers
District: West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Ridgecombe Barn Lifton Devon PL16 0HD

Additional information

Documents: 3

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.

Source: South West Devon

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