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Twitchen Farm Challacombe Barnstaple EX31 4TT

EXM/26/053/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions6 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use of building to 1no. unit of holiday accommodation, together with change of use of part of dwelling house to 1no. unit of holiday accommodation and the erection of polytunnel. Retrospective.

Received
10 February 2026
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Twitchen Farm Challacombe Barnstaple EX31 4TT. Exmoor has handled 217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 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 4TT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Application expires
1 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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