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Riverside Flats Lower Meddon Street Bideford Devon

1/0730/2024/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 10 October 2024

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to three flats and alterations (Re-submission of 1/0891/2022/FUL) (Variation of condition 9 of planning approval 1/0567/2023/FUL)

Received
15 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Riverside Flats Lower Meddon Street Bideford Devon. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2024
Consultation expiry
15 September 2024
Consultation start
10 October 2024
Consultation end
9 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
9 September 2024
Last date for comments
29 September 2024
Target decision date
6 September 2024
Permission expires
10 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
15 September 2024
Site notice start
19 August 2024
Site notice end
12 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bideford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hampton TerraceOn or next to this site

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 Aug

    Change of use to three flats and alterations (Re-submission of 1/0891/2022/FUL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)1/0730/2024/FUL
  2. 2023
    12 Jun

    Change of use to three flats and alterations (Re-submission of 1/0891/2022/FUL

    PendingFull ApplicationPart of1/0567/2023/FUL
  3. 2022
    26 Aug

    Change of use to three flats and alterations

    WithdrawnFull ApplicationPart of1/0891/2022/FUL

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