Five Acre Woodtown East The Water Bideford Devon EX39 4PP
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions
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Proposal
Replacement dwelling and new driveway
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Two Rivers And Three Moors
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Five Acre Woodtown East The Water Bideford Devon EX39 4PP. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Two Rivers And Three Moors. 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 4PP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Alverdiscott
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 21 May 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14707669
- Documents
- 51
- Constraints
- 13
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.
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Jan
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