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Bickford Rest Centre 23 South Street Torrington Devon EX38 8AA

1/0288/2019/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 June 2019

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Internal alterations to the interior of the ground floor rest centre to provide better levels of access/facilities including conversion of first floor space to create a one bedroom dwelling

Received
1 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bickford Rest Centre 23 South Street Torrington Devon EX38 8AA. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
EX38 8AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2019
Consultation expiry
12 May 2019
Consultation start
3 June 2019
Consultation end
3 May 2019
Neighbour consultation start
9 April 2019
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2019
Last date for comments
12 May 2019
Target decision date
26 April 2019
Permission expires
3 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio Church Walk Torrington Devon EX38 8HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 April 2019
Advertisement expiry
12 May 2019
Site notice start
18 April 2019
Site notice end
12 May 2019

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Great Torrington
  • Listed building: Grade II: 23, South StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    1 Apr

    Internal alterations to the interior of the ground floor rest centre to provide better levels of…

    This applicationApprovedFull1/0288/2019/FUL
  2. 2019
    1 Apr

    Internal alterations to the interior of the ground floor rest centre to provide better levels of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/0289/2019/LBC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    27 Mar

    Replacement of 3 no. existing rear windows

    ApprovedListed building consent1/0291/2023/LBC

Source: Torridge

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