North Devon District Hospital Raleigh Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB Data via plota.co.uk

82083 - Full Application Pending
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Twin MRI extension and refurbishment works to the hospital, with associated infrastructure, mechanical plant and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 14 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 70.

The consultation period closed on 17 Sept 2026.

Documents 74

Statements & assessments 22

PDF NDMR2-MMD-XX-ZZ-D-C-00010 - P08 Drainage General Arrangement · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Drainage General Arrangement Pipes Drainage Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Surface Water Drainage Calculations NDMR2-MMD-XX-ZZ-C-00004 - · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF RIBA Stage 4 Drainage Maintenance Schedule Supporting Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Drainage Standard Details Chambers Supporting Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Drainage emails and plans Supporting Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Sustainability · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-MMD-MB-ZZ-DG-CE-0010 - P03 Drainage General Arrangement · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-RP-L-90001 Landscape Statement Landscaping Plan · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Impact Plan Tree Protection Plan · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Report EV-5413-AIA · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Metric Document · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Statement Document · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 157689-STL-XX-XX-T-A-00003 P01 1 of 4 Design and Access Statement · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 157689-STL-XX-XX-T-A-00003 P01 2 of 4 Design and Access Statement · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 157689-STL-XX-XX-T-A-00003 P01 3 of 4 Design and Access Statement · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 157689-STL-XX-XX-T-A-00003 P01 4 of 4 Design and Access Statement · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecological Report June 2026 · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 100117632 | NDMR2-MMD-MB-ZZ-RP-CE-000001 P02 Flood Risk Assessment · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment 180-03-01 V1.1 · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Sustainability & Energy Statement Including BREEAM Sustainability Statement · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Transport Report Rev 002 · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 28

PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01061 - A3P61 Context Section Elevations · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01050 - A3P61 Proposed Elevations - Sheet 01 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01051 - A3P61 Proposed Elevations - Sheet 02 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-05-D-A-01009 - A3P61 Existing Floor Plan - Level 04 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-00-D-A-01005 - A3P61 Existing Floor Plan - Level 00 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-01-D-A-01006 - A3P61 Existing Floor Plan - Level 01 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-02-D-A-01007 - A3P61 Existing Floor Plan - Level 02 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-03-D-A-01008 - A3P61 Existing Floor Plan - Level 03 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-00-D-A-01030 - A3P61 Proposed Floor Plan - Level 00 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-01-D-A-01031 - A3P61 Proposed Floor Plan - Level 01 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-02-D-A-01032 - A3P61 Proposed Floor Plan - Level 02 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-03-D-A-01033 - A3P61 Proposed Floor Plan - Level 03 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-04-D-A-01034 - A3P61 Proposed Floor Plan - Level 04 · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01001 - A3P61 Location Plan · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-01002 - A3P61 Existing Site Context Plan · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-01040 - A3P61 Proposed Site Context Plan · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Baseline Habitat Plan Site Plan Existing · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Habitat Plan Site Plan Proposed · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01010 - A3P59 Elevations Existing · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 153246-STL-XX-XX-SP-L-09001 PL01 Outline Soft Landscape Specification Landscaping Plan · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-D-L-91400 - A3P59 Soft Landscape Plan · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-D-L-91600 - A3P59 Landscaping Plan · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape General Arrangement Plan Landscaping Plan · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01011 - A3P59 Sections Existing · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01012 - A3P59 Sections Existing · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-D-L-90300 - A3P59 Proposed Site Sections · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01065 - A3P59 Sections Proposed · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01066 - A3P59 Sections Proposed · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form No Personal Data Document · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 6

PDF Consultation Response LLFA · 21 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response LLFA · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Barnstaple TC · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Environmental Health · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response DCC Waste Planning · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response SWW · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 17

PDF External Works General Arramgement Supporting Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-MMD-XX-ZZ-D-C-00015 - P04 Supporting Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-MMD-XX-ZZ-D-H-00011 - P04 External Works Details · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01080 - A3P59 3D View South West · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01081 - A3P59 3D View South East · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01082 - A3P59 3D View South · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-ZZ-D-A-PL-01083 - A3P59 3D View West · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-D-A-PL-01070 - A3P59 Proposed 3D Views · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-D-A-PL-01020 - A3P59 Existing 3D Views · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-XX-D-L-91602 - A3P59 External Amenity Space Details · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NDMR2-STL-XX-02-D-A-PL-01015 - A3P59 Site Levels existing · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Geotechnical Report GCL251291_P2 Part 1 · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Geotechnical Report GCL251291_P2_Part 2 · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF GCL251291_P2_ Part 3 Geotechnical Report · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Geotechnical Report 26-003543 Part 4 · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BMSCOCN-220743553-46870 Rev 01 Waste Audit · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Wildlife Trigger Report Document · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Barnstaple built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
North Devon
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
EX31 4JB
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON
Parish
BARNSTAPLE
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Francis Carpenter
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 70, past the statutory target. 82% of commercial and major works in North Devon are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 18 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 7014 days past the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by North Devon in the last twelve months, from validation. North Devon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
21 Aug 2026
Comments by
17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
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81186
2025 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Retrospective application for the relocation of an existing modular unit (known as ‘the P…
81186
2025 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Construction of MRI Facility
80472
2025 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Construction of MRI Facility
80472
2024 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Conversion of redundant concrete bund and additional 2 storeys to Class E ancillary hospi…
78186
2024 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Conversion of redundant concrete bund and additional 2 storeys to Class E ancillary hospi…
78186
2023 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Installation of 4no. covered cycle shelters (for a total of 56no. cycles) and 2no. integr…
77033
2023 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Installation of 4no. covered cycle shelters (for a total of 56no. cycles) and 2no. integr…
77033
2022 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Demolition of the existing social club building and the creation of additional car parkin…
75848
2022 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Retrospective application for erection of Orthopaedic Modular Ward
75121
2021 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Replacement of existing temporary office units with new to provide temporary decant offic…
74384
2021 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Replacement of existing temporary office units with new to provide temporary decant offic…
74384
2021 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Siting of a temporary modular office building
73263
2021 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Siting of a temporary modular office building
73263
2020 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
New modular extension to existing emergency department with supporting plant area
72592
2020 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
New modular extension to existing emergency department with supporting plant area
72592
2020 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Single-storey extension to existing mental health unit to provide additional bedrooms tog…
72308
2020 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Single-storey extension to existing mental health unit to provide additional bedrooms tog…
72308
2019 Approved
North Devon District Hospital Barnstaple Devon EX31 4JB
Single storey extension to rear of Emergency Department, to house one new and one relocat…
70235
2018 Approved
NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, RALEIGH PARK, , PILTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JB
ERECTION OF ONE BUILDING (CANCER & WELLBEING CENTRE) TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO CAR PARK
64511
2017 Approved
NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JB
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO PROVIDE NEW WALK IN ENTRANCE TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
64011
2017 Approved
DE-ESCALATION SUITE, NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JB
EXTENSION TO BUILDING
63566
2017 Approved
DE-ESCALATION SUITE, NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JB
EXTENSION TO BUILDING
63566
2016 Approved
NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, ACCESS TO NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JB
ROOF MOUNTED CHILLER PLANT TO SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING PLANT
61068
2016 Approved
NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JB
INSTALLATION OF A 800KWE LV GENERATING SET COMPLETE WITH INTERNAL ACOUSTIC ENCLOSURE, INL…
60999
North Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#99 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

North Devon ranks #140 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #42 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #20 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #140 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #192 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
42 decided
939
Total decisions
58 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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