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Highstead Bucks Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DX

1/0652/2017/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 September 2017

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of outbuilding plus replacement of flat roof with pitched roof to form a holiday let (affecting a public right of way)

Received
4 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Clovelly Bay
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Highstead Bucks Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DX. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Torridge's typical decision time. 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
4 July 2017
Consultation expiry
16 August 2017
Consultation start
4 September 2017
Consultation end
3 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start
13 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
3 August 2017
Last date for comments
16 August 2017
Target decision date
26 July 2017
Permission expires
1 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24 Watkins Way Bideford EX39 4FP

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 July 2017
Advertisement expiry
10 August 2017
Site notice start
27 July 2017
Site notice end
16 August 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06200314
Documents
17
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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. 2018
    30 May

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 1/0652/2017/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment1/0018/2018/NMAT
  2. 2017
    4 Jul

    Conversion of outbuilding plus replacement of flat roof with pitched roof to form a holiday let (affecting a…

    This applicationApprovedFull1/0652/2017/FUL

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