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Branch Farm, Pippacott, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4EJ

65461Prior Approval Class QApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 October 2018

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO ONE DWELLINGHOUSE (CLASS Q(A)(B))

Received
23 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BRAUNTON EAST
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at BRANCH FARM, , , PIPPACOTT, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4EJ. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across BRAUNTON EAST. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

88% of outline applications at North Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
EX31 4EJ
Application type
Prior Approval Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BRAUNTON
District
NOR

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2018
Consultation expiry
18 October 2018
Consultation start
12 September 2018
Consultation end
18 October 2018
Application expires
31 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 STANHOPE SQUARE, HOLSWORTHY, EX22 6DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 September 2018

Appeal

Appeal result
No

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

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 parks, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    23 Aug

    CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO FORM DOMESTIC CURTILAGE

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside65460
  2. 2018
    23 Aug

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO ONE DWELLINGHOUSE (CLASS Q(A)(B))

    This applicationApprovedOutline65461

Source: North Devon

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