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Barton Town Farm Challacombe Barnstaple Devon EX31 4TW

81859Telecommunications Prior NotificationAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior notification by telecommunications code system operator for Installation of a 22.5m lattice tower supporting 3no. antennas, 2no. 0.6m dishes and ancillary equipment; 2no. equipment cabinets, 1no. meter cabinet and associated ancillary equipment enclosed within a 1.1m stockproof fence compound.

Received
4 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BRATTON FLEMING
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a telecoms application at Barton Town Farm Challacombe Barnstaple Devon EX31 4TW. North Devon has handled 2 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across BRATTON FLEMING. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

95% of all 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 4TW
Application type
Telecommunications Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
CHALLACOMBE

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026
Consultation expiry
1 July 2026
Consultation start
10 June 2026
Consultation end
1 July 2026
Application expires
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Chapel Row Bath BA1 1HN

Planning decision

Decision
Pending
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
37

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 (20)

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 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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