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Old School House Alverdiscott Barnstaple Devon EX31 3PT

1/0113/2022/CPECertificate Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 30 March 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of existing lawful uses to regularise the residential use of the property as a C3 dwellinghouse.

Received
2 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Two Rivers And Three Moors
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Old School House Alverdiscott Barnstaple Devon EX31 3PT. Torridge has handled 190 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Two Rivers And Three Moors. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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
EX31 3PT
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alverdiscott

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2022
Consultation expiry
10 February 2022
Last date for comments
10 February 2022
Target decision date
24 February 2022
Permission expires
30 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 February 2022
Advertisement expiry
10 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11006097
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Torridge

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