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Litchardon Transmitting Station Newton Tracey Barnstaple Devon EX31 3QE

78515Demolition Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 April 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for demolition and removal of 2no. existing 45m transmission masts, stat lines and ancillary development thereto followed by restoration of the site

Received
22 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
INSTOW
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Litchardon Transmitting Station Newton Tracey Barnstaple Devon EX31 3QE. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across INSTOW. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 3QE
Application type
Demolition Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
HORWOOD LOVACOTT & NEWTON TRACEY

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2024
Application expires
19 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor, South Wing Equinox North Great Park Road Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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