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25 Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ

1/0786/2020/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 November 2020

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Regularisation of works including replacement staircase, installation of replacement windows, installation of Velux roof lights, installation of door, Juliet balcony, creation of shower wet-room to loft and installation of solar panels.

Received
14 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at 25 Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
EX38 8EZ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2020
Consultation expiry
19 November 2020
Consultation start
19 November 2020
Consultation end
19 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
28 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2020
Last date for comments
19 November 2020
Target decision date
6 October 2020
Permission expires
19 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Canns Down Beaford Winkleigh Devon EX19 8AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 October 2020
Advertisement expiry
1 November 2020
Site notice start
7 October 2020
Site notice end
31 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09067304
Comments
0
Documents
17
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Torrington
  • Listed building: Grade II: 21-25, Castle StreetOn 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 (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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    14 Sep

    Regularisation of works including replacement staircase, installation of replacement windows, installation of…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent1/0786/2020/LBC
  2. 2020
    14 Sep

    Removal of dilapidated ground floor roof from attached workshop and formation of a roof terrace

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside1/0801/2020/FUL
  3. 2020
    14 Sep

    Removal of dilapidated ground floor roof from attached workshop and formation of a roof terrace

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/0802/2020/LBC

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