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Higher Birch Farmhouse Stoke Rivers Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LE

Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 October 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of 2 barns & erection of 2 dwellings together with change of use of agricultural land to form domestic curtilage

Received
5 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BRATTON FLEMING
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Higher Birch Farmhouse Stoke Rivers Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LE. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across BRATTON FLEMING. We hold 453 applications in total for the EX32 postcode area.

96% of full applications at North Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX32 7LE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
STOKE RIVERS

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2021
Consultation expiry
6 October 2021
Consultation start
8 September 2021
Consultation end
6 October 2021
Application expires
26 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 West View Chestwood Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 September 2021

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Devon

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