Tennis Courts At Grid Reference 249594 119408 Bests Lane Torrington Devon
Approved on 19 May 2026
Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee9 conditions
Proposal
Construction of a sand dressed floodlit playzone, include hard standing area, sports fencing and advertising funding banners
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Great Torrington
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Dec
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 May
Decided in 152 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Tennis Courts At Grid Reference 249594 119408 Bests Lane Torrington Devon. Torridge has handled 5,321 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Torrington.
Application details
- Application type
- Application by TDC (self)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Torrington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2026
- Committee meeting
- 14 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mill Farm Hathern Road Shepshed LE12 9RP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 22 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 15 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14561450
- Documents
- 54
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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.
Associated applications
- 202630 Jul
Discharge of condition 3, 7, 9 and BNG informative for planning approval 1/0973/2025/LA
PendingDischarge of conditions1/0065/2026/DIS - 202512 Dec
Construction of a sand dressed floodlit playzone, include hard standing area, sports fencing and advertising…
This applicationApprovedApplication1/0973/2025/LA - 202512 Dec
7 no. vinyl banners promoting the funding to be fixed to the sports fence and are not illuminated.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside1/0974/2025/ADV
Source: Torridge
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For the applicant
Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site
Condition 7 on the decision asks for this.
Consultants on this application
- Colmer Ecology Ltd · Named in the conditions: Ecological Report
- 5.2 miBideford
- 5.3 miBideford
- 15.0 miNorth Tawton
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
- Grills Renovations & Refurbishments LtdElectricianElectric Vehicle Charging Point Installers0.2 mi
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- WmsBuildersPainters & Decorators0.5 mi
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