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82236 - Discharge of Conditions Pending

Proposal

Approval of details in respect of discharge of conditions 9 (CEMP), 14 (surface water management), 18 (waste audit statement) and 25 (air quality assessment) attached to Appeal APP/ (planning application ) (Hybrid planning application to provide an Agricultural-Hub comprising: Area 1: Full Planning Permission for the erection of workshop and storage and distribution uses with ancillary offices, shop and showroom, (sui generis),creation of access and associated works (Phase 1) Area 2: Outline Application for the erection of buildings 1, 2 & 3 for agri-business uses falling under Use Classes Class E (a) retail, Class E (e) medical services, Class E (g) Business, B2 workshop and B8 storage and distribution with appearance and scale to be reserved matters (Phases 2 & 3)) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:18

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 3 Nov 2026.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 3

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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: North Devon
Application type: Discharge of Conditions
Received: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 8 Sept 2026
Ward: WITHERIDGE
Parish: RACKENFORD
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 18 Sept 2026
Comments by: 9 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Nov 2026

North Devon

Planning Authority Score

6.1/10

Average

#99 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Devon ranks #140 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Devon decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

94%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #42 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #20 of 296

67%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #140 of 296

45%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #192 of 296

88%

Minor dwellings approved

220 decided (1-9 homes)

87%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

95%

Change of use approved

42 decided

939

Total decisions

58 refused in the year to March 2026