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Woodwinds, Woody Bay, Parracombe, Barnstaple, EX31 4QX

62/43/25/005HouseholderApproved

Approved on 9 September 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement and enlargement of a pre-existing timber garden room summerhouse, which was destroyed in storm damage in 2024, with a stone-built summerhouse with slate roof tiles. Retrospective.

Received
27 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at WOODWINDS, WOODY BAY, PARRACOMBE, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 4QX. Exmoor has handled 217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 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
EX31 4QX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Martinhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2025
Consultation expiry
21 August 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Target decision date
9 September 2025
Application expires
26 August 2025
Permission expires
8 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
31 July 2025
Site notice start
5 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13958207
UPRN
10000489204
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: Exmoor
  • Heritage coast: Exmoor
  • 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 (20)

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 Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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© 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.

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Source: Exmoor

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