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Barn At Sx 835 600 (Traceys Farm) Longcombe

3730/25/PAUPrior Approval for change of Agricultural Building to flexible commercial B2, B8, C1 or EApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Details Required

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building (grain store) to a use under Class E

Received
22 December 2025
Ward
Marldon & Littlehempston
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn At Sx 835 600 (Traceys Farm) Longcombe. South West Devon has handled 817 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer 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 40 applications across Marldon & Littlehempston.

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 for change of Agricultural Building to flexible commercial B2, B8, C1 or E
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berry Pomeroy
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation start
13 January 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
59 Fore Street Totnes TQ9 5NJ

Additional information

Documents
12

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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