The Wood Yard The Old Sawmills Filleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 0RN

81214Full ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 9 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Siting and use of rural workers dwelling and associated works

Received: 19 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: CHITTLEHAMPTON

ReceivedReceived19 Dec
ValidatedValidated7 Jan
Consult.Consultation2 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Wood Yard The Old Sawmills Filleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 0RN. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 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 453 applications in total for the EX32 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: EX32 0RN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: FILLEIGH

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 2 February 2026
Consultation start: 12 January 2026
Consultation end: 2 February 2026
Application expires: 4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Quiet Waters High Moor Atherington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 28 January 2026

Additional information

Documents: 27

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Registered park and garden: Castle Hill
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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