Kemps Farm Oare Minehead Lynton EX35 6NX
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Certificate Of Lawfulness GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Lawful development certificate for the existing use of the first floor of the barn (known as The Hayloft) which has been used continuously as a holiday let in breach of condition 2 of approved application 6/25/91/103 in excess of ten years.
- Received
- 11 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Exmoor
- ReceivedReceived11 Dec
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Kemps Farm Oare Minehead Lynton EX35 6NX. Exmoor has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 380 applications in total for the EX35 postcode area.
67% of amendment 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 6NX
- Application type
- Certificate Of Lawfulness - Existing
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 11 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Application expires
- 12 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Stags
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National park: 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 (21)
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, 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: Exmoor
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