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Metticombe Farm, Barbrook, Lynton, Devon

GDO 08/02OtherApproved

Approved on 7 January 2008

Council decision: GDO - Prior Approval Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Agricultural general purpose storage building (GDO)

Received
12 December 2007
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Metticombe Farm, Barbrook, Lynton, Devon. Exmoor has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exmoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

93% of all applications at Exmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynton and Lynmouth

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2007

Additional information

UPRN
MAN15568
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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