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Oxenham Court New Road Merton Okehampton Devon EX20 3EG

1/1021/2025/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to building

Received
5 January 2026
Decision due
24 February 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Shebbear And Langtree
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 February.

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About this application

This is a heritage application at Oxenham Court New Road Merton Okehampton Devon EX20 3EG. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Merton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Shebbear And Langtree. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 postcode area.

92% of heritage applications at Torridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX20 3EG
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Merton

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
4 February 2026
Consultation end
28 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
7 March 2026
Site notice start
20 February 2026
Site notice end
16 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14592886
Documents
24
Constraints
12

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: Merton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Oxenham CourtOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 Jan

    Internal and external alterations to building

    PendingFull ApplicationFiled alongside1/1020/2025/FUL
  2. 2026
    5 Jan

    Internal and external alterations to building

    This applicationPendingListed building consent1/1021/2025/LBC

Source: Torridge

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