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Blue Horizon and Beach Break Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA

74393Full ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Extension and alterations together with the change of use of holiday flats to create three residential units with two additional parking spaces (amended description)

Received
16 November 2021
Decided
26 May 2022 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MORTEHOE
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 185 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in North Devon96% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Blue Horizon and Beach Break Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA. North Devon has handled 2,135 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 191 days, 19 weeks longer than North Devon's median. The site is in the Woolacombe conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across MORTEHOE. We hold 557 applications in total for the EX34 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
74393
Address
Blue Horizon and Beach Break Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA
Postcode
EX34 7EA
Local Authority
North Devon
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Approved
Ward
MORTEHOE
Parish
MORTEHOE

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Victoria Street Barnstaple EX32 9HT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 November 2021
Consultation Expiry
23 December 2021
Date Decided
26 May 2022
Date Validated
22 November 2021
Date Submitted
16 November 2021
Consultation Start
23 November 2021
Consultation End
23 December 2021
Application Expires
3 June 2022

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
193 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
23 December 2021

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
22
Coordinates
51.179760, -4.210548
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Devon

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Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Woolacombe
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
  • Heritage coast: North Devon
  • 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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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