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Torridge District Council Town Hall Bridge Street Bideford Devon EX39 2HS

1/0568/2025/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 5 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Proposal

Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E) and associated alterations, including the installation of 3no. air source heat pumps and roof mounted solar panels.

Received
10 July 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
8
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Torridge District Council Town Hall Bridge Street Bideford Devon EX39 2HS. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.

92% of heritage 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 2HS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025
Consultation expiry
8 September 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
30 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 August 2025
Last date for comments
22 November 2025
Target decision date
26 August 2025
Committee meeting
4 December 2025
Permission expires
5 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hallsannery Farm Hallsannery Bideford Devon EX39 5HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 September 2025
Site notice start
15 August 2025
Site notice end
8 September 2025

Additional information

Documents
64
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Jul

    Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E)…

    WithdrawnApplication by TDC (self)Filed alongside1/0567/2025/LA
  2. 2025
    10 Jul

    Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E)…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent1/0568/2025/LBC

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