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Arqiva Transmitting Station Hunshaw Cross Torrington EX38 7HD

1/0713/2008/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 August 2008

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

To extend the existing equipment building, install 2 x 1.5m ground based satellite dishes, 1x Emergency standby generator with fuel store, 1x feeder gantry and 1x transportable transmitter

Received
30 June 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bideford East
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Arqiva Transmitting Station Hunshaw Cross Torrington EX38 7HD. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Bideford East. 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 7HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Huntshaw

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 June 2008
Consultation expiry
21 August 2008
Consultation start
22 August 2008
Consultation end
1 August 2008
Last date for comments
21 August 2008
Target decision date
22 July 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Arqiva Limited Site Solutions Crawley Court Winchester Hampshire SO21 2QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 July 2008
Advertisement expiry
6 August 2008
Site notice start
1 August 2008
Site notice end
21 August 2008

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: FairoakOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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, 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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