Grindlebury House Umberleigh Devon EX37 9DY

76897Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 30 November 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use and extension to garage to form ancillary accomodation to main dwelling

Received: 21 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: CHITTLEHAMPTON

ReceivedReceived21 Mar
ValidatedValidated31 Mar
Consult.Consultation26 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Nov

Decided in 244 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Grindlebury House Umberleigh Devon EX37 9DY. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 254 days, 28 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 47 applications across CHITTLEHAMPTON. We hold 149 applications in total for the EX37 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: EX37 9DY
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: ATHERINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 26 May 2023
Consultation start: 4 April 2023
Consultation end: 26 May 2023
Application expires: 1 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Studio Whitegates Arlington Barnstaple EX31 4LW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 245 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 26 April 2023

Additional information

Documents: 15

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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