WOOD BARN FARM Nuneaton Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0QP Data via plota.co.uk

26/0071/NOT - Prior Approval Notification Approved

Proposal

Application for prior approval for proposed erection of a building for agricultural use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jul 2026
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Validated
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
Borough wide. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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
Nuneaton
Application type
Prior Approval Notification
Postcode
CV10 0QP
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Galley Common
Case officer
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Target decision
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Andrew Large Surveyors Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 5 days faster than Nuneaton's median of 33 for prior approvals. Approved, as 83% of prior approvals here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
25,179decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent prior approvals in Nuneaton to go on. Nuneaton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2026
Nuneaton
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#138 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Nuneaton ranks #168 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Nuneaton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #24 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #40 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #168 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #216 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
15 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
25 decided
306
Total decisions
16 refused in the year to March 2026