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Taw Valley Organics Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LA

81128Agricultural Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the extension of one agricultural buiding

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
INSTOW
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 3 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Taw Valley Organics Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LA. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across INSTOW. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 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
EX31 3LA
Application type
Agricultural Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
TAWSTOCK

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Application expires
6 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 Pynes Lane Bideford EX39 3ED

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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

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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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    1 Dec

    Prior notification for the extension of one agricultural buiding

    This applicationApprovedOutline81128
  2. 2025
    1 Dec

    Prior notification for erection of one agricultural poly tunnel

    ApprovedAgricultural Prior NotificationFiled alongside81129

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