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Highstead Bungalow Bucks Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DX

1/0216/2015/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 April 2015

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Partial demolition of existing garage to extend structure to property boundary

Received
26 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Clovelly Bay
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highstead Bungalow Bucks Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DX. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5DX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolfardisworthy

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2015
Consultation expiry
2 April 2015
Consultation start
16 April 2015
Consultation end
31 March 2015
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2015
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2015
Last date for comments
2 April 2015
Target decision date
21 March 2015
Permission expires
16 April 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Deborah Somerville Chartered Architect 3 Field End Bideford Devon EX39 3SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2015
Advertisement expiry
19 March 2015
Site notice start
13 March 2015
Site notice end
2 April 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04002530
Documents
12
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
  • Heritage coast: Hartland (Devon)
  • 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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2002
    8 Nov

    CONSERVATORY

    ApprovedFull Application1/2087/2002

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