Agricultural Buildings Manor Farm Main Street Old Weston Data via plota.co.uk

26/00466/P3MPA - Prior Approval Agri to Offices or Shops Approved

Proposal

Change of use of two agricultural buildings to Class B8 storage use Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Mar 2026
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Consultation
5 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

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 ↗
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
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 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

Application type
Prior Approval Agri to Offices or Shops
Postcode
PE28 5LP
Received
10 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Ward
Kimbolton
Parish
Old Weston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 May 2026
Decision
Prior Approval COU Approved
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Foxes Rural Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 105 days from validation, 48 days slower than Huntingdonshire's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
67decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14732133
Planning Portal ref
PP-14732133
Neighbours
12 Mar 2026
Consultation
5 May 2026
Comments by
19 May 2026
Site or press notice
18 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
5 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Huntingdonshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#197 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Huntingdonshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #210 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Huntingdonshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #155 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #80 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #210 of 296
55%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #250 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
175 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,077
Total decisions
125 refused in the year to March 2026