Oak Apple Cottage Woolsery Bideford Devon EX39 5PX
Approved on 7 March 2016
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of garage to annexe
- Received
- 20 January 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Clovelly Bay
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation22 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided7 Mar
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Oak Apple Cottage Woolsery Bideford Devon EX39 5PX. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.
91% of full 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 5PX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Woolfardisworthy
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2016
- Consultation start
- 7 March 2016
- Consultation end
- 22 February 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 February 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 February 2016
- Last date for comments
- 25 February 2016
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2016
- Permission expires
- 7 March 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 16 Castle Park Road Whiddon Valley Barnstaple EX32 8PA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 February 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 February 2016
- Site notice start
- 5 February 2016
- Site notice end
- 25 February 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Torridge
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