Barn Opposite Hazard Cottage, Harberton

3173/25/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given4 conditions

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to 1No dwellinghouse (Class C3) & for associated development (Class Q (a+b))

Received: 27 October 2025
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: West Dart

ReceivedReceived27 Oct
ValidatedValidated27 Oct
Consult.Consultation26 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided18 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn Opposite Hazard Cottage, Harberton. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 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 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: 27 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 26 November 2025
Consultation end: 26 November 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Documents: 24

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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© 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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