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Orchard Hill House Orchard Hill Bideford Devon EX39 2QY

1/0262/2023/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 July 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Outline application with some matters reserved (access, layout and scale) for the erection of 1no. dwelling

Received
21 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Northam
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Orchard Hill House Orchard Hill Bideford Devon EX39 2QY. Torridge has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Northam. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 2QY
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northam

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Consultation expiry
23 June 2023
Consultation start
17 July 2023
Consultation end
23 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
28 April 2023
Last date for comments
23 June 2023
Target decision date
20 April 2023
Permission expires
17 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
East Glen Orchard Hill Bideford Devon EX39 2RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2023
Site notice start
13 April 2023
Site notice end
7 May 2023

Additional information

Documents
38
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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