Highstead Bucks Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DX
Approved on 25 June 2008
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Retrospective application to convert loft space to create bedroom and bathroom
- Received
- 2 May 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Clovelly Bay
- ReceivedReceived2 May
- ValidatedValidated2 May
- Consult.Consultation3 Jun
- TargetTarget Date24 May
- DecidedDecided25 Jun
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Highstead Bucks Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DX. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. 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 5DX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Woolfardisworthy
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 May 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 11 June 2008
- Consultation start
- 25 June 2008
- Consultation end
- 3 June 2008
- Last date for comments
- 24 June 2008
- Target decision date
- 24 May 2008
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 2 Harton Way Industrial Park Hartland Bideford Devon EX39 6AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 May 2008
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 June 2008
- Site notice start
- 20 May 2008
- Site notice end
- 9 June 2008
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Listed building: Grade II: Brackenside and former stable and coach house to the north-westOn or next to this site
- National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
- Heritage coast: Hartland (Devon)
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201819 Jun
Certificate of proposed lawful development for an enclosed porch/boot room
ApprovedCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev1/0626/2018/CPL - 201830 May
Non-material amendment to planning permission 1/0652/2017/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendment1/0018/2018/NMAT - 20174 Jul
Conversion of outbuilding plus replacement of flat roof with pitched roof to form a holiday let (affecting a…
ApprovedFull Application1/0652/2017/FUL - 201621 Nov
Conversion of out building plus replacement of flat roof with pitched roof to form a holiday let (affecting a…
WithdrawnFull Application1/1161/2016/FUL
Source: Torridge
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