Higher House Cottage Kingscott Torrington Devon EX38 7JJ
Approved on 17 July 2025
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of a section of hedge to create highway access for two parking spaces.
- Received
- 23 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Two Rivers And Three Moors
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date14 Jun
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Higher House Cottage Kingscott Torrington Devon EX38 7JJ. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Two Rivers And Three Moors. We hold 672 applications in total for the EX38 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
- EX38 7JJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Giles In The Wood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Fore Street Torrington EX38 8HQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 June 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 June 2025
- Site notice start
- 30 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 23 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14037568
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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