The Willows Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ
Approved on 27 August 2020
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of bungalow
- Received
- 13 April 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Great Torrington
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated24 Apr
- Consult.Consultation20 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 May
- DecidedDecided27 Aug
Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Willows Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8EZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Torrington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 April 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 20 September 2020
- Consultation start
- 27 August 2020
- Consultation end
- 20 September 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 May 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 May 2020
- Last date for comments
- 20 September 2020
- Target decision date
- 16 May 2020
- Permission expires
- 27 August 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Stanhope Square Holsworthy EX22 6DR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 May 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 June 2020
- Site notice start
- 13 May 2020
- Site notice end
- 6 June 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08608446
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Torrington
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Torridge
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