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18 Rack Park Close Torrington Devon EX38 8AH

1/0598/2025/FUHFull Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 12 September 2025

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of stairs with new balcony and steps

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 18 Rack Park Close Torrington Devon EX38 8AH. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. 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 8AH
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2025
Consultation expiry
17 August 2025
Consultation start
12 September 2025
Consultation end
17 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 August 2025
Last date for comments
17 August 2025
Target decision date
14 August 2025
Permission expires
12 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Rosemoor Road Torrington Devon EX38 7NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
30 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14197655
Documents
11
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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