Ford Mill Umberleigh Devon EX37 9AG

79102Electricity Act 1989Approved

Approved on 26 September 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification of adding a 3rd overhead wire to existing line together with replacement of poles if required

Received: 16 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: CHITTLEHAMPTON

ReceivedReceived16 Aug
ValidatedValidated16 Aug
Consult.Consultation17 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Ford Mill Umberleigh Devon EX37 9AG. North Devon has handled 32 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 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 47 applications across CHITTLEHAMPTON. We hold 149 applications in total for the EX37 postcode area.

95% of all 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 9AG
Application type: Electricity Act 1989
Scale / size: Small
Parish: CHITTLEHAMPTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 17 September 2024
Consultation start: 20 August 2024
Consultation end: 17 September 2024
Application expires: 27 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Network Services (South West) Distribution - North Devon Victoria Road Barnstaple North Devon EX32 8PR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 11 September 2024

Additional information

Documents: 4

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.

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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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