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Canworthy Farm Rackenford Tiverton Devon EX16 8EF

81398Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of rural building and erection of one self-build dwelling together with associated works (utilising fallback position of approval 80796)

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
WITHERIDGE
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Canworthy Farm Rackenford Tiverton Devon EX16 8EF. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 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 46 applications across WITHERIDGE. We hold 1,080 applications in total for the EX16 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
EX16 8EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
RACKENFORD

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Application expires
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Enterprise Road Roundswell Barnstaple EX31 3YB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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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