Church Cottage, Parracombe, Barnstaple, EX31 4RJ

WTCA 23/08WTCAApproved

Approved on 1 September 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Work to trees in a conservation area: Crown lift of Common Beech to 2.5m and crown reduce by removing 2-3m branches.

Received: 21 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exmoor

ReceivedReceived21 Jun
ValidatedValidated21 Jun
Consult.Consultation27 Jul
TargetTarget Date2 Aug
DecidedDecided1 Sep

Decided in 72 days

About this application

This is a planning application at CHURCH COTTAGE, PARRACOMBE, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 4RJ. Exmoor has handled 928 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Parracombe conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: EX31 4RJ
Application type: WTCA
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Parracombe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 27 July 2023
Consultation end: 27 July 2023
Target decision date: 2 August 2023
Application expires: 27 July 2023
Permission expires: 31 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

First advertised: 6 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12254426
UPRN: 10000487653
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Parracombe
Listed building: Grade II: Church CottageOn this site · +5 more
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

Source: Exmoor

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