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Town Hall High Street Torrington Devon EX38 8HN

1/0460/2013/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 July 2013

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed extension alterations & refurbishment of Torrington Town Hall (Revised plans to consent no 1/0987/2007/FUL & 1/0676/2010/EXT)

Received
29 May 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Town Hall High Street Torrington Devon EX38 8HN. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Torrington. 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 8HN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2013
Consultation expiry
27 June 2013
Consultation start
25 July 2013
Consultation end
20 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2013
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2013
Last date for comments
27 June 2013
Target decision date
21 June 2013
Permission expires
25 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Stanhope Square Holsworthy EX22 6DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 June 2013
Advertisement expiry
27 June 2013
Site notice start
4 June 2013
Site notice end
24 June 2013

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
20
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Torrington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town HallOn this site · +10 more
  • 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 (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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2013
    29 May

    Proposed extension alterations & refurbishment of Torrington Town Hall (Revised plans to consent no…

    This applicationApprovedFull1/0460/2013/FUL
  2. 2013
    29 May

    Listed Building Consent for proposed extension alteration & refurbishment of Torrington Town Hall (Revised…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/0462/2013/LBC

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