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The Piggery New England Road Plympton PL7 5BA

3127/25/AGRAgricultural DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 2 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed agricultural building for rearing calves measuring 42.6m (L) x 15.2m (B) x 4.26m height to ridge

Received
20 October 2025
Ward
Newton & Yealmpton
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Piggery New England Road Plympton PL7 5BA. South West Devon has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days 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 104 applications across Newton & Yealmpton. We hold 369 applications in total for the PL7 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed building for accommodating livestock is sited within 400m of a protected building and as such, do not benefit from Permitted Development rights under Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Express planning permission is therefore required.
  2. The submitted information demonstrates that the development would be carried out on a separate parcel of land forming part of the unit which is less than 1 hectare in area and as such, does not benefit from Permitted Development rights under Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Express planning permission is therefore required. Application ref.
  3. The red line of the proposed development is within 25m of a Class C 2-Lane Carriageway being a classified road and, therefore, the development does not comply with A.1 (h) of Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PL7 5BA
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yealmpton
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Moorview Lodge New England Road Plympton PL7 5BA

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

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

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

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South West Devon

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