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The Blue Ball Inn, Countisbury, Lynton, EX35 6NE

62/11/22/020FullApproved

Approved on 15 December 2022

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed extension to provide staff accommodation, together with, the creation of window and door to the west elevation and installation of photovoltaic array.

Received
21 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at THE BLUE BALL INN, COUNTISBURY, LYNTON, EX35 6NE. Exmoor has handled 217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 380 applications in total for the EX35 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Exmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX35 6NE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brendon & Countisbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2022
Consultation expiry
24 November 2022
Consultation end
24 November 2022
Target decision date
7 December 2022
Application expires
24 November 2022
Permission expires
14 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
3 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11543521
UPRN
10012095765
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 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

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

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Source: Exmoor

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