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20 Station Hill Swimbridge Barnstaple Devon EX32 0QR

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Approved on 14 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application in relation to change of use of land to domestic curtilage and engineering operations (Earthworks) in relation to creating a terraced garden, patio, storage area and associated landscaping works (amended plans and description).

Received
30 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
LANDKEY
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 Station Hill Swimbridge Barnstaple Devon EX32 0QR. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 16 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Swimbridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across LANDKEY. 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 0QR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
SWIMBRIDGE

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2025
Consultation expiry
19 March 2025
Consultation start
26 February 2025
Consultation end
19 March 2025
Application expires
18 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Station Hill Swimbridge Devon EX32 0QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Swimbridge
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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