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The Grain Store Burscott Lane Higher Clovelly Bideford Devon EX39 5RR

1/0855/2008/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 October 2008

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Proposal

Conversion of the Grain Store and ancillary buildings to Living accommodation with workspace and storage

Received
30 July 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Clovelly Bay
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Grain Store Burscott Lane Higher Clovelly Bideford Devon EX39 5RR. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5RR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clovelly

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2008
Consultation expiry
15 October 2008
Consultation start
6 October 2008
Consultation end
15 October 2008
Last date for comments
15 October 2008
Target decision date
22 August 2008
Committee meeting
3 October 2008
Permission expires
27 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Brae Top Worlington Instow Bideford

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 August 2008
Advertisement expiry
27 August 2008

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Granted
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
35
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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