Land At Higher Clinger Farm Cucklington Road Cucklington Wincanton Somerset SP8 5PA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01618/AGN - Agricultural notification 28 days Approved

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural development for the erection of an agricultural building (Machinery Store). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jul 2026
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Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Site constraints 2

Public footpath 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
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
Agricultural notification 28 days
Postcode
SP8 5PA
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
WINCANTON AND BRUTON
Parish
Cucklington
Target decision
11 Aug 2026
Decision
Permission not required
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Della Valle Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 10 days from validation, 16 days faster than South Somerset's median of 26 for agricultural works. Approved, as 99% of agricultural works here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
110decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15072299
Planning Portal ref
PP-15072299
Statutory expiry
11 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No