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Bluecoat Primary School Whites Lane Torrington Devon EX38 8DS

1/0173/2013/OUTMOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 May 2014

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of redundant school building to form 5 dwellings and erection of 8 new dwellings with vehicular access

Received
25 February 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 342 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Bluecoat Primary School Whites Lane Torrington Devon EX38 8DS. Torridge has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 442 days, 55 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Torrington. We hold 672 applications in total for the EX38 postcode area.

80% of outline 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
EX38 8DS
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2013
Consultation expiry
8 July 2013
Consultation start
13 May 2014
Consultation end
27 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start
6 June 2013
Neighbour consultation end
27 June 2013
Last date for comments
8 July 2013
Target decision date
4 September 2013
Application expires
27 June 2013
Permission expires
13 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Stanhope Square Holsworthy EX22 6DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 June 2013
Advertisement expiry
4 July 2013
Site notice start
18 June 2013
Site notice end
8 July 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02451237
Comments
0
Documents
34
Constraints
3

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2014
    16 May

    Reserved Matters following Outline Planning Permission 1/0173/2013/OUTM

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated1/0502/2014/REMM
  2. 2013
    25 Feb

    Conversion of redundant school building to form 5 dwellings and erection of 8 new dwellings with vehicular…

    This applicationApprovedOutline1/0173/2013/OUTM

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