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Barn At Sx 759 588 Langford Farm, Harberton, Totnes

3317/19/PDMPrior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 December 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for proposed change of use of agricultural building to 5no. dwellinghouses (Class C3) and forassociated operational development (Class Q(a+b))

Received
10 October 2019
Ward
West Dart
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn At Sx 759 588 Langford Farm, Harberton, Totnes. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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. We hold 2,951 applications in total for the TQ9 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TQ9 7LN
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural Building to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harberton
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2019
Consultation expiry
8 November 2019
Consultation end
8 November 2019
Last date for comments
8 November 2019
Target decision date
5 December 2019
Committee meeting
27 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
59 Fore Street Totnes Devon TQ9 5NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
30

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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