Land at West Ashford Barton Ashford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4DB

77180Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 4 August 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Access improvements for farm and associated works

Received: 25 May 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: HEANTON PUNCHARDON

ReceivedReceived25 May
ValidatedValidated25 May
Consult.Consultation10 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Aug

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land at West Ashford Barton Ashford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4DB. 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. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across HEANTON PUNCHARDON. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 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: EX31 4DB
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: HEANTON PUNCHARDON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 May 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 July 2023
Consultation start: 5 June 2023
Consultation end: 10 July 2023
Application expires: 4 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1 Enterprise Road Roundswell Barnstaple EX31 3YB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 71 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 21 June 2023

Additional information

Documents: 12

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.

Source: North Devon

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