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12 Chingswell Street Bideford Devon EX39 2NF

1/0339/2008/COUChange of UsePermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Change of use from A2 professional offices to B1 Offices (No internal alterations/external alterations)

Received
27 March 2008
Decided
22 May 2008 · Application Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bideford North
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Torridge85% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at 12 Chingswell Street Bideford Devon EX39 2NF. Torridge has handled 190 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 61 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 5 days quicker than Torridge's median. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Bideford North. We hold 1,843 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
1/0339/2008/COU
Address
12 Chingswell Street Bideford Devon EX39 2NF
Postcode
EX39 2NF
Local Authority
Torridge
Application Type
Change of Use
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Permitted
Ward
Bideford North
Parish
Bideford

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Ship House Newquay Street Appledore Bideford EX39 1LU

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
27 March 2008
Consultation Expiry
29 April 2008
Target Decision Date
18 April 2008
Date Decided
22 May 2008
Date Validated
27 March 2008
Date Submitted
27 March 2008
Consultation Start
22 May 2008
Consultation End
21 April 2008
Last Date for Comments
29 April 2008
Permission Expires
22 May 2013

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
22 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
3 April 2008
Advertisement Expiry
23 April 2008
Site Notice Start
9 April 2008
Site Notice End
29 April 2008

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
2
Coordinates
51.020190, -4.207581
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Torridge

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Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Bideford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Appledore InnOn or next to this site
  • 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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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