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Surf Bay Leisure Surf Bay Holiday Park Golf Links Road Westward Ho! Bideford Devon EX39 1HD

1/0308/2023/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Demolition of existing Surf Bay Holiday Park reception building. Proposed mixed use new two storey reception building & holiday unit. (resubmission of 1/0308/2023/FUL)

Received
31 March 2023
Decision due
22 April 2023
Public comments
9
Ward
Westward Ho!
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (39)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Surf Bay Leisure Surf Bay Holiday Park Golf Links Road Westward Ho! Bideford Devon EX39 1HD. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Westward Ho!. 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 1HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northam

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023
Consultation expiry
17 July 2023
Consultation start
3 July 2023
Consultation end
17 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 July 2023
Last date for comments
17 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Stables Annery Monkleigh Bideford Devon EX39 5JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
19 April 2023
Site notice start
18 April 2023
Site notice end
12 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12058249
Documents
39
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North DevonNext to the site
  • SSSI: Taw-Torridge Estuary SSSINext to the site

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, 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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© 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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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