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The Big Sheep Abbotsham Bideford Devon EX39 5AP

Granted Torridge 1/0266/2026/CPE Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of existing lawful development for the use of land as a farm themed park for rides, attractions and public entertainment, ancillary uses for parking, a café, a shop and a brewery. Additionally, overflow car park in association with the Big Sheep theme park between the months of July to September and on Bank Holidays.

As published by the council, reference 1/0266/2026/CPE

Application record

Reference
1/0266/2026/CPE
Type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Application Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Application Approved
Received
2 Apr 2026
Validated
2 Apr 2026
Decided
1 May 2026
Ward
Monkleigh And Putford
Parish
Abbotsham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EX39 5AP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Torridge register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 1/0204/2024/CPE Refused

    The Big Sheep Abbotsham Bideford Devon EX39 5AP

    Certificate of existing lawful development for the use of land as a mixed use adventure park, caravan and camping site

    Decided 14 May 2024 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Apr 2026

    Received by Torridge

  2. 1 May 2026

    Decision issued: Application Approved

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Torridge granted permission on 1 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    1/0204/2024/CPE Submitted 5 Mar 2024 250 yards away

    Certificate of existing lawful development for the use of land as a mixed use adventure park, caravan and camping site

    Refused Lawful development 104 docs
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    Received 25 Jun, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Lawful development
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