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Blue Bay Guest House Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA

78702Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 2no. dwellings with associated landscaping and parking (revised submission of application ref. 75859)

Received
30 April 2024
Decided
10 October 2024 · Refused
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MORTEHOE
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 139 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in North Devon96% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at Blue Bay Guest House Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA. North Devon has handled 2,135 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 163 days, 15 weeks longer than North Devon's median. The site is in the Woolacombe conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across MORTEHOE. We hold 557 applications in total for the EX34 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
78702
Address
Blue Bay Guest House Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA
Postcode
EX34 7EA
Local Authority
North Devon
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Refused
Ward
MORTEHOE
Parish
MORTEHOE

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
The Generator Kings Wharf Exeter EX2 4AN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
30 April 2024
Consultation Expiry
6 September 2024
Date Decided
10 October 2024
Date Validated
24 May 2024
Date Submitted
30 April 2024
Consultation Start
14 June 2024
Consultation End
6 September 2024
Application Expires
31 October 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Refused
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
160 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
10 July 2024

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
44
Coordinates
51.179760, -4.210548
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Devon

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Woolacombe
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
  • Heritage coast: North Devon
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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