The Annexe Mermaid House The Square Sheepwash Devon EX21 5NE
Approved on 20 November 2019
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of existing lawful development for the continued use of the annex for C3 residential purposes
- Received
- 4 October 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Shebbear And Langtree
- ReceivedReceived4 Oct
- ValidatedValidated4 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date26 Oct
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Annexe Mermaid House The Square Sheepwash Devon EX21 5NE. Torridge has handled 190 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Sheepwash conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Shebbear And Langtree. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 postcode area.
89% of amendment 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
- EX21 5NE
- Application type
- Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sheepwash
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 October 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2019
- Last date for comments
- 24 October 2019
- Target decision date
- 26 October 2019
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Round House Cookbury Devon EX22 7YG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 October 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 October 2019
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sheepwash
- 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Torridge
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