Ropeworks Garlieston Newton Stewart DG8 8BU Data via plota.co.uk

26/1304/S42 - Section 42 Refused

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to form extension to existing domestic garden ground, erection of detached domestic annexe and car port, re-location of existing septic tank, installation of air source heat pump and erection of pergola to south-east elevation of dwellinghouse at variance with condition 2 (tying the domestic annexe and dwellinghouse as a single planning unit) - section 42 Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 01:36

Application progress

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Received

29 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

31 Jul 2026

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Refused

14 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 14 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Conservation area about 18 m away: Garlieston

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

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: Dumfries
Application type: Section 42
Postcode: DG8 8BU
Received: 29 Jul 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Ward: Mid Galloway And Wigtown West
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refuse
Decision date: 14 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 75 days from validation, 30 days slower than Dumfries's median of 45 for changes of use. Refused, as 14% of changes of use here are.

This one75d

Council45d

UK56d

66%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

98decided in the last year

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