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Lower Ash Farm Ash TQ6 0LR

3489/25/AGRAgricultural DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 17 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused2 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 multipurpose agricultural building measuring 27m (L) x 9m (B) x 6.1m height to ridge

Received
26 November 2025
Ward
Blackawton & Stoke Fleming
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Lower Ash Farm Ash TQ6 0LR. 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 a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Blackawton & Stoke Fleming. 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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Why it was refused

  1. It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that the works to level the proposal site, which have already occurred, are lawful and, as such, in accordance with Article 3 (5) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), the provisions granted by Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A do not apply.
  2. The proposed agricultural building would be located within an established agricultural unit (as defined in paragraph X of Part 3 of this Schedule) where development under Schedule 2, Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), has been carried out within the last ten years. As such the proposal does not accord with the provisions set out within Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A.1 (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Application ref.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TQ6 0LR
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stoke Fleming
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Luscombe Maye 59 Fore Street TOTNES TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

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