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Beech Nut Farm Meshaw South Molton Devon EX36 4NN

80745Prior Approval Class QApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 November 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of existing agricultural building to create 2 dwellings with associated car parking, landscaping and amenity space (Class Q A&B)

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
WITHERIDGE
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Beech Nut Farm Meshaw South Molton Devon EX36 4NN. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 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 46 applications across WITHERIDGE. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the EX36 postcode area.

88% of outline 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
EX36 4NN
Application type
Prior Approval Class Q
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
MESHAW

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 October 2025
Consultation start
8 September 2025
Consultation end
6 October 2025
Committee meeting
5 November 2025
Application expires
12 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Courtyard 59 Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4XS

Planning decision

Statutory period
68 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

© 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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