The Retreat Higher Clovelly Bideford Devon EX39 5SA
Withdrawn on 25 July 2023
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Creation of bed and breakfast to accompany existing holiday let business (resubmission of 1/0052/2022/FUL)
- Received
- 12 August 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Hartland
- ReceivedReceived12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Oct
- Consult.Consultation28 Oct
- TargetTarget Date26 Oct
- DecidedDecided25 Jul
Decided in 294 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Retreat Higher Clovelly Bideford Devon EX39 5SA. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 347 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Hartland. 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 5SA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hartland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 18 November 2022
- Consultation start
- 25 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 October 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 October 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 October 2022
- Last date for comments
- 13 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 26 October 2022
- Permission expires
- 25 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Horton Farm Bungalow Bradworthy Devon EX22 7RB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 October 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 October 2022
- Site notice start
- 25 October 2022
- Site notice end
- 18 November 2022
Site constraints
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.
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Associated applications
- 202212 Aug
Creation of bed and breakfast to accompany existing holiday let business (resubmission of 1/0052/2022/FUL
This applicationWithdrawnFull1/0837/2022/FUL - 202217 Jan
Creation of bed and breakfast to accompany existing holiday let business
WithdrawnFull ApplicationPart of1/0052/2022/FUL
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Torridge
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