Priory Farm Lowndes Drove Needingworth St Ives PE27 4NE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00394/AGDET - Agricultural Determination Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

General purpose steel framed agricultural building, mainly for the storage of hay/straw and haymaking equipment. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Feb 2026
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Approved
27 Mar 2026

Approved on 27 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

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Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 190 m away: Fens Reservoir, at pre-application.
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Huntingdonshire
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
PE27 4NE
Received
26 Feb 2026
Validated
26 Feb 2026
Ward
Holywell-cum-Needingworth
Parish
Holywell-cum-Needingworth
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Mar 2026
Decision
Details Not Required
Decision date
27 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, 5 days faster than Huntingdonshire's median of 34 for agricultural works. Approved, as 86% of agricultural works here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
33decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14729698
Planning Portal ref
PP-14729698
Statutory expiry
25 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Cconstruction of a workshop within the curtilage of the existing farm buildings.
24/00606/AGDET
2024 Approved
Cconstruction of a workshop within the curtilage of the existing farm buildings.
24/00606/AGDET
2019 Approved
Erection of new general purpose farm machinery and hay store.
19/00042/AGDET
2019 Approved
Erection of new general purpose farm machinery and hay store.
19/00042/AGDET
Huntingdonshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#197 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings