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The Old Stables Moreton Bideford Devon EX39 3QW

1/0817/2020/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 April 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of Use from Class F.1 (Learning and Non-Residential Institutions) to use Class E Commercial, Business and Service and associated operational development.

Received
21 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bideford West
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided19 Apr

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Stables Moreton Bideford Devon EX39 3QW. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Bideford West. 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 3QW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2021
Consultation expiry
25 April 2021
Consultation start
19 April 2021
Consultation end
5 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
15 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
8 November 2020
Last date for comments
25 April 2021
Target decision date
15 April 2021
Permission expires
19 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Stables Annery Monkleigh Bideford Devon EX39 5JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2021
Advertisement expiry
25 April 2021
Site notice start
25 March 2021
Site notice end
18 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09038457
Documents
41
Constraints
1

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    21 Sep

    Change of Use from Class F.1 (Learning and Non-Residential Institutions) to use Class E Commercial, Business…

    This applicationApprovedFull1/0817/2020/FUL
  2. 2020
    21 Sep

    Change of Use from D1 (education) to use Class E Commercial, Business and Service and associated operational…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/0818/2020/LBC

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