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The Barn, Land Opposite The Barton, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4NQ

65496Prior Approval Class QApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 November 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 FROM ONE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO ONE DWELLINGHOUSE (CLASS Q(A)(B))

Received
3 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MARWOOD
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at THE BARN, LAND OPPOSITE THE BARTON, , KENTISBURY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4NQ. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across MARWOOD. 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 4NQ
Application type
Prior Approval Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
KENTISBURY
District
NOR

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2018
Consultation expiry
17 October 2018
Consultation start
19 September 2018
Consultation end
17 October 2018
Application expires
5 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
CP ENTERPRISES, 1 BRIDGE CHAMBERS, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 1UB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 September 2018

Appeal

Appeal result
No

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Source: North Devon

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