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Land At Burwood Lane Torrington Devon

1/0340/2019/OUTMOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 August 2019

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for residential development of up to 181 dwellings and ancillary development, with all matters reserved except access (Resubmission of application 1/0246/2017/OUTM)

Received
12 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
90
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Burwood Lane Torrington Devon. Torridge has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Torrington.

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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
181
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2019
Consultation expiry
5 September 2019
Consultation start
12 August 2019
Consultation end
5 September 2019
Neighbour consultation start
20 May 2019
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2019
Last date for comments
5 September 2019
Target decision date
4 June 2019
Permission expires
12 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Western Avenue Milton Park Abingdon OX14 4SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 May 2019
Advertisement expiry
23 June 2019
Site notice start
6 June 2019
Site notice end
30 June 2019

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Granted
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07768313
Documents
192
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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.

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    Outline application for residential development of up to 181 dwellings and ancillary development, with all…

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    10 Mar

    Outline application for residential development of up to 181 dwellings and ancillary development, with…

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