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Land off Higher Gorse Road Roundswell Devon

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Approved on 19 October 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for access road to dwellings & reinstatement of consented access to grassland

Received
26 August 2026
Ward
BICKINGTON
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land off Higher Gorse Road Roundswell Devon. North Devon has handled 110 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 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 32 applications across BICKINGTON. 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 3QT
Application type
Full Application
Parish
FREMINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Friend Latimer Friend Limited

Company number 16464557

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
21 May 2025 (1 year old)
Nature of business
Activities of other holding companies
Registered office
Tiverton
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Ms T. Blackmore

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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