Chelfham Mill School Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LA
Approved on 24 January 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Repair and renovation of buildings 4, 5 and 6 to include a link corridor to connect buildings 4 & 5. Together with a change of use (from boarding school) to a café/bistro (building 4), Heritage Centre, Kitchen and WC (building 5) and 19 bed House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) (building 6). (amended description)
- Received
- 4 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- North Devon District Council
- Ward
- BRATTON FLEMING
- ReceivedReceived4 Sep
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Jan
Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Chelfham Mill School Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LA. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 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 42 applications across BRATTON FLEMING. We hold 453 applications in total for the EX32 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
- EX32 7LA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- BRATTON FLEMING, GOODLEIGH
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 January 2025
- Application expires
- 24 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 28 North Way Quintrell Downs TR8 4LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 95 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 November 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 117
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Ancient woodlandPart of the site
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 (21)
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, 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
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© 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: North Devon
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