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Rectory Lane Instow Devon EX39 4LZ

79003Outline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 26 June 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Outline application for the erection of 9 dwellings with all matters except access reserved

Received
12 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
INSTOW
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 288 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Rectory Lane Instow Devon EX39 4LZ. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 349 days, 42 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 53 applications across INSTOW. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 4LZ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
INSTOW

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2024
Consultation expiry
10 October 2024
Consultation start
12 September 2024
Consultation end
10 October 2024
Application expires
2 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eagle House Belstone Okehampton Devon EX20 1RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
294 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 October 2024

Appeal history

3372916
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 December 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
71

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.

© 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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