Land South of Old Bideford Road Fremington Barnstaple Devon
Approved on 3 July 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural land to secure dog walking field with associated fencing, gates and parking
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- North Devon District Council
- Ward
- FREMINGTON, INSTOW
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated8 Apr
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Jul
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land South of Old Bideford Road Fremington Barnstaple Devon. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnstaple - Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- FREMINGTON, HORWOOD LOVACOTT & NEWTON TRACEY
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 May 2025
- Application expires
- 4 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 1 Tollgate Business Centre Blithbury Road Hamstall Ridware Staffordshire WS15 3RT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 May 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 22
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Barnstaple - Town Centre
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Source: North Devon
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