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Cromwell House Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ

1/1005/2016/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 June 2017

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion into 4 No 1 bedroom flats. Demolition of part of single storey ground floor projection (Amended plans)

Received
6 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 139 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Cromwell House Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 258 days, 29 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Torrington. We hold 672 applications in total for the EX38 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
EX38 8EZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Torrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2017
Consultation expiry
13 June 2017
Consultation start
21 June 2017
Consultation end
13 June 2017
Neighbour consultation start
23 May 2017
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2017
Last date for comments
13 June 2017
Target decision date
24 February 2017
Permission expires
21 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit D1 Pimley Barns Pimley Manor Sundorme Road Shrewsbury SY4 4SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 February 2017
Advertisement expiry
16 March 2017
Site notice start
16 February 2017
Site notice end
8 March 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05535862
Comments
0
Documents
31
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Torrington
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

Source: Torridge

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