Potato Barn Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RS Data via plota.co.uk

K/3/26/PD Refused
AgriculturalChange of useNew homes

Proposal

Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q for the conversion of existing barn into 3 No. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Mar 2026
✗
Refused
5 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 5 May 2026 · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath about 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Arun
Postcode
BN16 1RS
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
2 Mar 2026
Decision
Objection
Decision date
5 May 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 8 days slower than Arun's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 12% of changes of use here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
46decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Arun in the last twelve months, from validation. Arun decision record →

Historical activity at this location

7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q for the conversion of existing barn into…
K/9/25/PD
2025 Approved
Potato Barn KIngston Farm Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1RS
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q for the conversion of existing barn into…
K/9/25/PD
2022 Approved
Meadow House Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1RS
Erection of single storey rear and front porch extension, erection of self contained deta…
K/12/22/HH
2021 Approved
East Kingston House Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RS
Retrospective permission for erection of two (number) pellet burner flues on outbuilding…
K/42/21/HH
2021 Approved
East Kingston House Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RS
Retrospective permission for erection of two (number) pellet burner flues on outbuilding…
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2021 Approved
East Kingston House Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RS
Retrospective permission for erection of two (number) pellet burner flues on outbuilding
K/43/21/L
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Arun
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#4 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Arun is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #2 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Arun decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #187 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #97 of 296
99%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #2 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #4 of 296
45%
Minor dwellings approved
66 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
35 decided
794
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings