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Specsavers Opticians 85 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA

1/0383/2020/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 July 2020

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the installation of emergency escape stairway

Received
11 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Specsavers Opticians 85 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker 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.

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 2AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2020
Consultation expiry
21 June 2020
Consultation start
3 July 2020
Consultation end
13 June 2020
Neighbour consultation start
20 May 2020
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2020
Last date for comments
21 June 2020
Target decision date
2 June 2020
Decision issued
3 July 2020
Permission expires
3 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 May 2020
Advertisement expiry
21 June 2020
Site notice start
27 May 2020
Site notice end
20 June 2020

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
14

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: 85, High StreetOn 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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    11 May

    Retrospective application for the installation of emergency escape stairway

    This applicationApprovedFull1/0383/2020/FUL
  2. 2020
    11 May

    Regularisation of installation of emergency escape stairway

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/0384/2020/LBC

Source: Torridge

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