Specsavers Opticians 85 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA

1/0341/2019/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 July 2019

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Removal of existing half height partition walling and installation of new partition walling. Decoration to exterior shop frontage.

Received: 15 April 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Torridge District Council
Ward: Bideford North

ReceivedReceived15 Apr
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation1 Jun
TargetTarget Date29 May
DecidedDecided8 Jul

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Specsavers Opticians 85 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.

92% of heritage 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 2AA
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2019
Consultation expiry: 9 June 2019
Consultation start: 8 July 2019
Consultation end: 1 June 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 8 May 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 1 June 2019
Last date for comments: 9 June 2019
Target decision date: 29 May 2019
Permission expires: 8 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Fisch Design Ltd Unit 3 Heritage Business Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1SW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 22 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 16 May 2019
Advertisement expiry: 9 June 2019
Site notice start: 10 May 2019
Site notice end: 3 June 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07787748
Documents: 14
Constraints: 15

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
Conservation area: Bideford
Listed building: Grade II: National Westminster Bank Including Bank ChambersOn this site · +3 more

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.

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