Watersmeet Lane End Road Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4LE

81755Full ApplicationAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Extensions to front and rear together with internal alterations

Received: 7 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: INSTOW

ReceivedReceived7 May
ValidatedValidated8 May
Consult.Consultation5 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Watersmeet Lane End Road Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4LE. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Instow conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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: EX39 4LE
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: INSTOW

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 May 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 June 2026
Consultation start: 8 May 2026
Consultation end: 5 June 2026
Application expires: 3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 6 TULY STREET BARNSTAPLE DEVON EX31 1DH

Planning decision

Decision: Pending
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 28 May 2026

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.

Conservation area: Instow
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, 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.

Source: North Devon

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