Fishleigh Rock Farm Umberleigh Devon EX37 9DX

80840Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for reconstruction and relocation of B8 storage or distribution building following fire damage

Received: 24 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: CHITTLEHAMPTON

ReceivedReceived24 Sep
ValidatedValidated20 Oct
Consult.Consultation23 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Jan

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fishleigh Rock Farm Umberleigh Devon EX37 9DX. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 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 47 applications across CHITTLEHAMPTON. We hold 149 applications in total for the EX37 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: EX37 9DX
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: ATHERINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 23 December 2025
Consultation start: 20 October 2025
Consultation end: 23 December 2025
Application expires: 7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Rockholm Northfield Lane Barnstaple EX31 1QD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 79 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 November 2025

Additional information

Documents: 8

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

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