The Keep Castle Hill Torrington Devon EX38 8HB
Approved on 29 August 2012
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Alterations to roof & ground floor with first floor extension
- Received
- 18 June 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Great Torrington
- ReceivedReceived18 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jul
- Consult.Consultation30 Jul
- TargetTarget Date29 Aug
- DecidedDecided29 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at The Keep Castle Hill Torrington Devon EX38 8HB. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8HB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Torrington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 July 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 1 August 2012
- Consultation start
- 29 August 2012
- Consultation end
- 30 July 2012
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 July 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 July 2012
- Last date for comments
- 1 August 2012
- Target decision date
- 29 August 2012
- Application expires
- 26 July 2012
- Permission expires
- 29 August 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Studio Church Walk Torrington Devon EX38 8HS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 July 2012
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 August 2012
- Site notice start
- 11 July 2012
- Site notice end
- 31 July 2012
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Torrington
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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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Source: Torridge
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