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Kenwith Castle Abbotsham Bideford Devon EX39 5BE

1/0386/2025/LBCListed Building ConsentPending Decision

Proposal

Install 197 Panel Roof Mounted Solar Array

Received
5 May 2025
Target decision date
27 May 2025
Public comments
2
Ward
Monkleigh And Putford
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Torridge92% of heritage applications approved

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Kenwith Castle Abbotsham Bideford Devon EX39 5BE. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 63 days. It was submitted on 5 May 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Monkleigh And Putford. We hold 1,843 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
1/0386/2025/LBC
Address
Kenwith Castle Abbotsham Bideford Devon EX39 5BE
Postcode
EX39 5BE
Local Authority
Torridge
Application Type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Application is being considered
Ward
Monkleigh And Putford
Parish
Abbotsham

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Leanada Winterbourne Steepleton Dorchester DT2 9LQ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
5 May 2025
Consultation Expiry
7 June 2025
Target Decision Date
27 May 2025
Date Validated
5 May 2025
Date Submitted
5 May 2025
Consultation Start
7 May 2025
Consultation End
31 May 2025
Last Date for Comments
7 June 2025

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
22 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
14 May 2025
Advertisement Expiry
7 June 2025
Site Notice Start
8 May 2025
Site Notice End
1 June 2025

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13992440
Comments
2
Documents
16
Constraints
16
Coordinates
51.026306, -4.238819
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.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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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