Pineham Farm, Haversham, Milton Keynes, MK19 7DP Data via plota.co.uk

PLN/2025/2566 - Prior notification Approved

Proposal

Prior notification for the erection of a new agricultural building for storage of grain, fertiliser and machinery Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:42

Application progress

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Received

1 Dec 2025

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Approved

29 Dec 2025

Approved on 29 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction

Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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 2.

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.

Building

Floor area310 m² (3,337 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (63 out of 100)

PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms

Built1996 to 2002

HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Milton Keynes
Application type: Prior notification
Postcode: MK19 7DP
Received: 1 Dec 2025
Validated: 1 Dec 2025
Ward: Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope (Historic 2026)
Parish: Haversham-cum-Little Linford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Dec 2025
Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date: 29 Dec 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sherwill Drake Forbes
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 13 days faster than Milton Keynes's median of 41 for prior approvals. Approved, as 96% of prior approvals here are.

This one28d

Council41d

UK34d

91%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

150decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Milton Keynes in the last twelve months, from validation. Milton Keynes decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Milton Keynes

Planning Authority Score

7.1/10

Good

#59 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Milton Keynes is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #52 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. 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

Milton Keynes decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #156 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #159 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #52 of 296

28%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #45 of 296

55%

Minor dwellings approved

66 decided (1-9 homes)

83%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

71%

Change of use approved

49 decided

1,088

Total decisions

134 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Pineham Farm, Haversham, Milton Keynes, MK19 7DP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 1

Site constraints 4

Building

Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments