West Buckland School Barnstaple Devon EX32 0SX
Approved on 6 June 2019
Council decision: FULL PLANNING APPROVALDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REMOVAL OF EXISTING EXTERNAL STAIRS & CONSTRUCTION OF 2 STOREY STAIR CORE
- Received
- 4 April 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- North Devon District Council
- Ward
- NORTH MOLTON
- ReceivedReceived4 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation27 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at West Buckland School Barnstaple Devon EX32 0SX. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across NORTH MOLTON. We hold 453 applications in total for the EX32 postcode area.
96% of full applications at North Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EX32 0SX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- EAST & WEST BUCKLAND
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 27 May 2019
- Consultation start
- 25 April 2019
- Consultation end
- 27 May 2019
- Application expires
- 7 June 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- ROOK LANE CHAPEL, BATH STREET, , FROME, BA111DN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202012 Feb
Extension and alterations to building (Lower Marshalls & Potbury)
ApprovedFull Application71143 - 202011 Feb
Listed building application for extension and alterations to building (Lower Marshalls & Potbury)
ApprovedListed building consent71146 - 201926 Jul
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 66552 (removal of existing external…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)70266 - 201926 Jul
Listed building consent for removal of existing external stairs & construction of 2 storey stair core…
ApprovedListed building consent70304 - 201911 Jun
WIDENING OF ACCESS ROAD
ApprovedFull Application66854
Source: North Devon
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