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Putsborough Sands Car Park Putsborough Devon EX33 1LB

80611Full ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

3-year temporary permission for the siting of booking kiosk and 2 shipping containers for use by a surf school and for storing surf lifesaving equipment. (Amended Description).

Received
30 July 2025
Decided
4 November 2025 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BRAUNTON WEST AND GEORGEHAM
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in North Devon96% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Putsborough Sands Car Park Putsborough Devon EX33 1LB. North Devon has handled 2,135 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than North Devon's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across BRAUNTON WEST AND GEORGEHAM. We hold 166 applications in total for the EX33 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
80611
Address
Putsborough Sands Car Park Putsborough Devon EX33 1LB
Postcode
EX33 1LB
Local Authority
North Devon
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Approved
Ward
BRAUNTON WEST AND GEORGEHAM
Parish
GEORGEHAM

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
6 Tuly Street BARNSTAPLE EX31 1DH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
30 July 2025
Consultation Expiry
28 August 2025
Date Decided
4 November 2025
Date Validated
30 July 2025
Date Submitted
30 July 2025
Consultation Start
31 July 2025
Consultation End
28 August 2025
Application Expires
7 November 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
100 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
20 August 2025

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
14
Coordinates
51.143562, -4.219984
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Devon

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Planning constraints

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
  • Heritage coast: North Devon
  • 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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.

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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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