Land at NGR 275544 100088 Horwell Barton Colebrooke Devon Data via plota.co.uk

26/00706/PNAG - Agricultural Prior Approval/Notification Approved

Proposal

Prior Approval for excavation works to form an earth bank slurry lagoon Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2026
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Consultation
28 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

19 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sillifant Headstone Approximately 16 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Andrew, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 18 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
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
Mid Devon
Application type
Agricultural Prior Approval/Notification
Postcode
EX17 5JH
Received
27 May 2026
Validated
27 May 2026
Ward
Yeo
Parish
Colebrooke 17
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jun 2026
Decision
Development Acceptance
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, 16 days faster than Mid Devon's median of 43 for agricultural works. Approved, as 96% of agricultural works here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
129decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Mid Devon in the last twelve months, from validation. Mid Devon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14958696
Planning Portal ref
PP-14958696
Consultation
28 May 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#77 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Mid Devon is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #77 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mid Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #21 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #85 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #77 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #153 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
98%
Change of use approved
40 decided
704
Total decisions
37 refused in the year to March 2026