Bickleton Farm Bickleton Barnstaple Devon EX31 3GG

80513Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 23 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural field to dog exercising field together with associated parking and field access

Received: 3 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: FREMINGTON

ReceivedReceived3 Jul
ValidatedValidated3 Jul
Consult.Consultation15 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided23 Oct

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bickleton Farm Bickleton Barnstaple Devon EX31 3GG. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 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 36 applications across FREMINGTON. 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).

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Application details

Postcode: EX31 3GG
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: FREMINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 15 August 2025
Consultation start: 3 July 2025
Consultation end: 15 August 2025
Application expires: 24 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1 Enterprise Road Roundswell Barnstaple EX31 3YB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 113 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 23 July 2025

Additional information

Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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