Bottom Farm The Green Winwick Huntingdon PE28 5PP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01254/PMBPA - Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwellings Refused

Proposal

Conversion of existing store to a dwelling (C3) and creation of a first floor Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
9 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
3 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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
Priority habitat 7 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 Agricultural to Dwellings
Postcode
PE28 5PP
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Ward
Alconbury
Parish
Winwick
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Prior Approval COU Refused
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
David Hartley Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Refused, as 18% 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 7 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15034073
Planning Portal ref
PP-15034073
Neighbours
16 Jul 2026
Consultation
16 Jul 2026
Comments by
18 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
28 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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