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Southclose Wood, Bridge Ball, Lynton, Devon.

GDO 08/04Approved

Approved on 25 February 2008

Council decision: GDO - Prior Approval Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Creation of woodland access track 160m in length and 3m width to allow forestry works and habitat restoration, and widen 140m of existing track.

Received
28 January 2008
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 28 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Southclose Wood, Bridge Ball, Lynton, Devon.. Exmoor has handled 928 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker 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.

Application details

Postcode
EX35 6LH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brendon and Countisbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2008

Additional information

UPRN
MAN15570
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National park: Exmoor
  • SSSI: Watersmeet SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Exmoor & Quantock OakwoodsPart of the site

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 (19)

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, 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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