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Paddock Wood Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4LR

81008Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of agricultural storage building (amended description)

Received
30 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
INSTOW
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Paddock Wood Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4LR. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across INSTOW. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 4LR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
HORWOOD LOVACOTT & NEWTON TRACEY

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025
Application expires
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Parklands Barnstaple Devon EX31 3SF

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
25

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.

© 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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