Benton House Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LG

74991Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 24 May 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of land use and construction of a hard surfaced tennis court with surround fencing

Received: 14 March 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: BRATTON FLEMING

ReceivedReceived14 Mar
ValidatedValidated18 Mar
Consult.Consultation18 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided24 May

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Benton House Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LG. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 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 42 applications across BRATTON FLEMING. 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 7LG
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: BRATTON FLEMING

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 March 2022
Consultation expiry: 18 May 2022
Consultation start: 21 March 2022
Consultation end: 18 May 2022
Application expires: 24 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 2 Marlborough Place Charlbury OX7 3SH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 67 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 14 April 2022

Additional information

Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

Source: North Devon

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