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72 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA

1/0008/2009/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 4 March 2009

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Convert existing building to 6no. flats

Received
5 January 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 72 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 2AA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2009
Consultation expiry
4 February 2009
Consultation start
4 March 2009
Consultation end
29 January 2009
Last date for comments
4 February 2009
Target decision date
29 January 2009
Permission expires
4 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Southgate House Southgate Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1TL

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2009
Advertisement expiry
4 February 2009
Site notice start
13 January 2009
Site notice end
2 February 2009

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00627863
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
2

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: Bideford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 79, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2009
    5 Jan

    Convert existing building to 6no. flats

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside1/0007/2009/FUL
  2. 2009
    5 Jan

    Convert existing building to 6no. flats

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent1/0008/2009/LBC

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    1 Jul

    Conversion of rear of existing ground floor commercial space into 2 no. flats, and the reduction in size of…

    ApprovedFull Application1/0600/2019/FUL
  2. 2019
    1 Jul

    Conversion of rear of existing ground floor commercial space into 2 no. flats, and the reduction in size of…

    ApprovedListed building consent1/0601/2019/LBC
  3. 2018
    22 Oct

    Conversion of rear of ground floor commercial space into 2no. flats and reduce size of retained commercial…

    RefusedFull Application1/1127/2018/FUL
  4. 2018
    22 Oct

    Conversion of rear of ground floor commercial space into 2no. flats and reduce size of retained commercial…

    ApprovedListed building consent1/1128/2018/LBC
  5. 2008
    23 Jun

    Convert existing building to flats (6 no.) and construct 3 maisonettes in rear yard

    WithdrawnFull Application1/0672/2008/FUL
  6. 2008
    21 Jun

    Convert existing building to flats (6 no.) and construct 3 maisonettes in rear yard

    WithdrawnListed building consent1/0673/2008/LBC

Source: Torridge

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