Land At Sx 874 507 Jawbones Hill Dartmouth Data via plota.co.uk

2497/26/AGR - Agricultural Determination Decided

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed new agricultural track (length 234 mtrs x width 3.6 mtrs) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 01:57

Application progress

✓

Received

4 Sept 2026

✓

Prior Approval Details Required

29 Sept 2026

Prior Approval Details Required on 29 Sept 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

South Devon National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Heritage coast: South Devon

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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.

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: South Hams
Application type: Agricultural Determination
Received: 4 Sept 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Dartmouth & East Dart
Parish: Dartmouth
Case officer: Show
Decision: Prior Approval Details Required
Decision date: 29 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Luscombe Maye

South Hams

Planning Authority Score

6.3/10

Average

#89 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

South Hams is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #97 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) 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

South Hams decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #116 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #165 of 296

73%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #97 of 296

32%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #69 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

130 decided (1-9 homes)

70%

Major dwellings approved

10 decided (10+ homes)

81%

Change of use approved

26 decided

1,018

Total decisions

101 refused in the year to March 2026