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Barton Town Farm, Challacombe, Barnstaple, EX31 4TW

GDO 23/14GDO - Agricultural/ForestryWithdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 17 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification for proposed steel framed agricultural structure (36.5m x 15.25m) to cover existing yard.

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at BARTON TOWN FARM, CHALLACOMBE, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 4TW. Exmoor has handled 42 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 28 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EX31 4TW
Application type
GDO - Agricultural/Forestry
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Challacombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Target decision date
17 January 2024
Application expires
10 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12666778
UPRN
10012094875
Documents
6

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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