Block Management in Braunton
Block, estate and leasehold management for Braunton. Compliance is tracked against North Devon Council and the county above it.
Managing a Block in Braunton at a Glance
- Local authority
- North Devon Council
- Authority type
- District, under the county council
- Building control
- North Devon Council Building Control
- County
- Devon
- Fire and rescue service
- Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- South West Water
- Setting
- Inland
Who You Deal with in Braunton
A block in Braunton deals with North Devon Council for building control and planning, with the county council above it. Fire safety in the common parts is enforced by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Communal water and sewerage is South West Water.
The Residential Stock in Braunton
Small, and split unusually between the two wards. At the 2021 Census 163 of the 2,077 households in Braunton East were flats and only 42 of those were purpose-built, with 58 in a converted or shared house, making it one of the rare wards where conversions outnumber purpose-built flats. Braunton West and Georgeham runs the other way: 191 flats of 2,092 households, 147 of them purpose-built.
Flood Risk in Braunton
Both fluvial and tidal. The Environment Agency's warning area for the River Caen at Braunton names Stony Bridge, Deans Bridge, Chaloner's Road, Caen Street, Chapel Street, South Street, Station Road and Velator. Separately the Taw and Torridge estuary tidal area takes in Braunton Marsh, Velator, Wrafton and Chivenor. The Caen is treated as a fluvial source through the village and joins the estuary at Velator, which is why the two areas overlap there and nowhere else.
For a block that reaches leaseholders through the insurance premium and excess, and through the management pack when someone sells.
Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings in Braunton
One area, designated in 1973 and extended in 2011 from about six hectares to about 23, a near fourfold increase that took in North Street rather than creating a second area. It is now the third largest conservation area in the district. The council's own appraisal counts 37 listed buildings inside the current boundary, one grade I and three grade II star, against 24 inside the pre-2011 boundary.
The sequencing is what catches boards out: consent first, then the Section 20 specification. Specify and consult before consent is in hand and the consultation has to be run again.
Planning Policy That Affects Flats in Braunton
Decided under the joint North Devon and Torridge Local Plan 2011 to 2031. The Braunton Neighbourhood Plan was made on 4 October 2023 after a referendum on 7 September 2023 in which 90.1 per cent voted in favour, so there is a made town-level policy layer here that most Devon towns of this size do not have. The council's published list of 16 Article 4 directions in the district does not include Braunton.
This is development plan policy, so it binds the council when it decides an application and it binds a leaseholder's alteration just as it binds a developer's scheme. It sits alongside, not instead of, the consent the lease requires.
Changing Managing Agent in Braunton
A board does not need a reason to change agent and does not need the outgoing agent's agreement. It needs to follow its own articles and serve whatever notice the management agreement requires. On Braunton heritage stock the consents history is what most often turns out to be incomplete, and its absence resurfaces later as a planning problem.
See the handover sequence in full, and our fees, which are a fixed annual amount with no commission on contractor work.
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Braunton Questions
Which Council Does a Block in Braunton Deal With?
North Devon Council Building Control. A district council, with the county council above it for county functions.
Who Enforces Fire Safety in the Common Parts in Braunton?
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, as the enforcing authority for the Fire Safety Order.
Who Supplies Water to a Development in Braunton?
South West Water. A communal supply is the building's contract, not a leaseholder's, so report a loss to common parts through us.
Do We Need Consent for External Works in Braunton?
On a listed building or in a conservation area, yes, for much that would be permitted elsewhere. Get it before the Section 20 specification, not after.
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