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Land At Burwood Lane Torrington Devon

1/0246/2017/OUTMOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 June 2018

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for residential development of up to 181 dwellings and ancillary development, with vehicular access off Hoopers Way, Burwood Lane and Caddywell Lane (affecting a public right of way)

Received
10 March 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
117
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 437 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Burwood Lane Torrington Devon. Torridge has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 461 days, 58 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Torrington.

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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
181
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2017
Consultation expiry
21 November 2022
Consultation start
14 June 2018
Consultation end
21 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
29 May 2018
Neighbour consultation end
10 May 2017
Last date for comments
19 June 2018
Target decision date
25 April 2017
Committee meeting
7 June 2018
Permission expires
14 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
RPS 20 Western Avenue Milton Park ABINGDON OX14 4SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2017
Advertisement expiry
18 May 2017
Site notice start
25 April 2017
Site notice end
15 May 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05832501
Documents
197
Constraints
7

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

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© 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.

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