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Southcott Barton Westleigh Bideford Devon EX39 4NH

81510Agricultural Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior notification for creation of agricultural access track

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
INSTOW
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Southcott Barton Westleigh Bideford Devon EX39 4NH. North Devon has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across INSTOW. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 4NH
Application type
Agricultural Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
WESTLEIGH

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Application expires
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old West Living Farm Westleigh Bideford Devon EX39 4NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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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