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Marchfield Bishops Nympton South Molton Devon EX36 4NY

74785Certificate of Lawful DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 April 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for use in breach of a agricultural occupancy condition attached to permissions 2469 & 3670 to allow use of dwellinghouses with unrestricted occupancy.

Received
4 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BISHOPS NYMPTON
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Marchfield Bishops Nympton South Molton Devon EX36 4NY. North Devon has handled 257 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across BISHOPS NYMPTON. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the EX36 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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
EX36 4NY
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BISHOPS NYMPTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2022
Application expires
9 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24 Rumsam Gardens Barnstaple EX32 9EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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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