Former Bicclescombe Nurseries Furze Hill Road Ilfracombe Devon
Approved on 17 June 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission 78083 (demolition of existing buildings and erection of 16 social rented units with associated landscaping and parking in respect of re-orientation of the retaining wall with a 1.1m fence and new footpath to the boundary on the south side together with an additional fence around the bat house
- Received
- 25 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- North Devon District Council
- Ward
- ILFRACOMBE WEST
- ReceivedReceived25 Apr
- ValidatedValidated25 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Jun
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Bicclescombe Nurseries Furze Hill Road Ilfracombe Devon. North Devon has handled 257 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Ilfracombe conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across ILFRACOMBE WEST.
97% of amendment 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
- Application type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- ILFRACOMBE
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 April 2025
- Application expires
- 27 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6 TULY STREET BARNSTAPLE DEVON EX31 1DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 63 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Ilfracombe
- Listed building: Grade II: The Lantern,Including Former Sunday School,Front Wall and RailingsOn 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Devon
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