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Hobbs Lea Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9PX

81148Certificate of Lawful DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for implementation of works carried out on site, of demolition of buildings, and drainage works pursuant to planning permission 74880 (Erection of 3 dwellings (amended plans)(further amended plans)) to ensure the permission remains extant

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CHITTLEHAMPTON
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Hobbs Lea Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9PX. North Devon has handled 257 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

97% of amendment 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 9PX
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
CHITTLEHAMPTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Application expires
28 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Sail Loft Paiges Lane Barnstaple Devon EX31 1EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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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