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72 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA

1/1128/2018/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 April 2019

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of rear of ground floor commercial space into 2no. flats and reduce size of retained commercial space

Received
22 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bideford North
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 72 High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 17 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bideford North. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 postcode area.

92% of heritage 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 2AA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bideford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2018
Consultation expiry
20 December 2018
Consultation start
18 April 2019
Consultation end
13 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
22 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2018
Last date for comments
20 December 2018
Target decision date
4 December 2018
Permission expires
18 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office 8 Unity Works Westgate Wakefield WF1 1EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
20 December 2018
Site notice start
26 November 2018
Site notice end
16 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07365088
Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bideford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 72, High StreetOn this site · +5 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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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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