The Old Sawmills High Bullen Devon EX38 7HZ
Approved on 13 December 2022
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of sawmill into a residential dwelling (affecting a public right of way)
- Received
- 21 October 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Two Rivers And Three Moors
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation3 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Nov
- DecidedDecided13 Dec
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Old Sawmills High Bullen Devon EX38 7HZ. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Two Rivers And Three Moors. 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 7HZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Giles In The Wood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2022
- Consultation start
- 13 December 2022
- Consultation end
- 3 December 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 December 2022
- Last date for comments
- 12 December 2022
- Target decision date
- 12 November 2022
- Permission expires
- 13 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Potato Store Withycombe Minehead TA24 6QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 November 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 December 2022
- Site notice start
- 18 November 2022
- Site notice end
- 12 December 2022
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Associated applications
- 202511 Nov
Discharge of conditions 6 and 7 of planning approval 1/1063/2022/FUL
RefusedDischarge of conditions1/0127/2025/DIS - 202221 Oct
Conversion of sawmill into a residential dwelling (affecting a public right of way)
This applicationApprovedFull1/1063/2022/FUL
Source: Torridge
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