Higher Fuge Farm Fuge TQ6 0LL

1870/26/AGRAgricultural DeterminationApproved

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

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

Proposal

Excavation of agricultural land to provide agricultural/irrigation pond

Received: 8 July 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Allington & Strete

ReceivedReceived8 Jul
ValidatedValidated8 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Jul

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Higher Fuge Farm Fuge TQ6 0LL. South West Devon has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Allington & Strete. We hold 341 applications in total for the TQ6 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: TQ6 0LL
Application type: Agricultural Determination
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Strete
District: South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Luscombe Maye 59 Fore Street TOTNES Devon TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents: 6

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): South Devon
Heritage coast: South Devon
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 (20)

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 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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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South West Devon

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