The Court The Square Sheepwash Beaworthy Devon EX21 5NE
Approved on 19 March 2021
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from guest house to residential
- Received
- 21 January 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Shebbear And Langtree
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation15 Feb
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Court The Square Sheepwash Beaworthy Devon EX21 5NE. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Sheepwash conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Shebbear And Langtree. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 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
- EX21 5NE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sheepwash
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 21 February 2021
- Consultation start
- 19 March 2021
- Consultation end
- 15 February 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 January 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 February 2021
- Last date for comments
- 21 February 2021
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2021
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 January 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 February 2021
- Site notice start
- 28 January 2021
- Site notice end
- 21 February 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09439573
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sheepwash
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201825 Jul
Alterations to 2 no. bedrooms and addition of en-suites.
ApprovedListed building consent1/0776/2018/LBC - 201720 Feb
Fell 1x cherry, 2x apple and 3x birch trees
ApprovedWorks to Tree in Conservation Area1/0172/2017/TCA - 201617 Nov
Change of use from guest house to residential
ApprovedFull Application1/1148/2016/FUL - 201427 Jan
Retrospective application for guest house and proposed cafe
ApprovedFull Application1/0079/2014/FUL
Source: Torridge
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