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Leworthy Barton Woolsery Bideford Devon EX39 5PY

1/1081/2017/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 January 2018

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to B8 storage, the siting of up to six storage containers, and the provision of a new concrete yard and access

Received
25 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clovelly Bay
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Leworthy Barton Woolsery Bideford Devon EX39 5PY. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 5PY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolfardisworthy

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2017
Consultation expiry
21 December 2017
Consultation start
26 January 2018
Consultation end
6 December 2017
Last date for comments
21 December 2017
Target decision date
6 December 2017
Permission expires
26 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Stables Annery Monkleigh Bideford Devon EX39 5JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
23 November 2017
Site notice start
30 November 2017
Site notice end
21 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06486907
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: Torridge

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