Rock Cottage East Down Barnstaple Devon EX31 4LR

79617Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 10 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Subdivision of dwelling into two separate dwellings

Received: 2 December 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: MARWOOD

ReceivedReceived2 Dec
ValidatedValidated6 Jan
Consult.Consultation4 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided10 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rock Cottage East Down Barnstaple Devon EX31 4LR. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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 62 applications across MARWOOD. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: EX31 4LR
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: EAST DOWN

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 January 2025
Consultation expiry: 4 February 2025
Consultation start: 7 January 2025
Consultation end: 4 February 2025
Application expires: 3 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Victoria Street Barnstaple EX32 9HT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 29 January 2025

Additional information

Documents: 12

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.

Source: North Devon

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near EX31

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

View all contractors

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report