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Woolmers Farm North Lane Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JN

81216Full ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 18 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part retrospective application for conversion and change of use of building to farm shop together with extension of farm shop to create events and learning facility

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BICKINGTON
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Woolmers Farm North Lane Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JN. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 61 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bickington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across BICKINGTON. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 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
EX31 2JN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
FREMINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Consultation end
16 February 2026
Application expires
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Enterprise Road Roundswell Barnstaple EX31 3YB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bickington
  • Listed building: Grade II: North FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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