Old Rectory Abbotsham Road Bideford Devon EX39 3AB
Proposal
Dig under Sycamore tree (T7) covered by TPO/0001/2007 - for access to existing electric cable
- Received
- 5 October 2020
- Decided
- 30 November 2020 · Application Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Bideford North
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- ReceivedSubmitted5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated5 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Nov
- DecidedDecided30 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Old Rectory Abbotsham Road Bideford Devon EX39 3AB. Torridge has handled 166 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Torridge's median. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Bideford North. We hold 1,843 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202223 Mar
Non material amendment to Planning Approval 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedNon-material amendment1/0010/2022/NMAT - 20221 Mar
Discharge of condition 13 of application 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0014/2022/DIS - 20212 Aug
Non material amendment to 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedNon-material amendment1/0900/2021/NMAT - 202016 Jul
Discharge of condition 10 (Floor levels) of planning permission 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0598/2020/DIS - 20202 Jul
Discharge of condition 8 of planning permission 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0553/2020/DIS - 20201 May
Discharge of condition 9 (facing and roofing materials) of planning permission 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0360/2020/DIS - 202024 Apr
Discharge of condition 7 of planning permission 1/1035/2017/FULM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/0339/2020/DIS
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bideford
- 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.
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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