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Tantons Court New Road Bideford Devon

1/0066/2024/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 14 August 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to three flats with alterations and refurbishment; erection of external staircase to the rear; installation of flood barriers posts to openings on the front elevation

Received
26 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Aug
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 197 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Tantons Court New Road Bideford Devon. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 201 days, 21 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2024
Consultation expiry
9 August 2024
Consultation start
14 August 2024
Consultation end
9 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
31 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2024
Last date for comments
24 July 2024
Target decision date
21 February 2024
Permission expires
14 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kinetic House Theobald Street Borehamwood WD6 4PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
2 March 2024
Site notice start
1 February 2024
Site notice end
25 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12758206
Documents
30
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bideford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tanton'S HotelOn this site · +2 more

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    26 Jan

    Change of use of ground floor to three flats with alterations and refurbishment; erection of external…

    This applicationRefusedFull1/0066/2024/FUL
  2. 2024
    26 Jan

    Change of use of ground floor to three flats with alterations and refurbishment; erection of external…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/0067/2024/LBC

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