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Former Tantons Hotel New Road Bideford Devon

1/0914/2020/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 May 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to three flats, alterations and refurbishment

Received
12 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 212 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Former Tantons Hotel New Road Bideford Devon. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North.

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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2020
Consultation expiry
5 June 2021
Consultation start
12 May 2021
Consultation end
5 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
27 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2020
Last date for comments
5 June 2021
Target decision date
3 November 2020
Permission expires
12 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
71 Gleneagles Derry City Northern Ireland BT48 7TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 November 2020
Advertisement expiry
29 November 2020
Site notice start
4 November 2020
Site notice end
28 November 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09115668
Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bideford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tanton'S HotelOn this site · +2 more

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
    12 Oct

    Change of use of ground floor to three flats, alterations and refurbishment

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside1/0913/2020/FUL
  2. 2020
    12 Oct

    Change of use of ground floor to three flats, alterations and refurbishment

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent1/0914/2020/LBC

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