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Milton House Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ

1/1221/2015/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 January 2016

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repairs, renovation and minor alterations

Received
27 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Great Torrington
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Milton House Castle Street Torrington Devon EX38 8EZ. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Great Torrington conservation area, with 11 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
27 November 2015
Consultation expiry
31 December 2015
Consultation start
20 January 2016
Consultation end
22 December 2015
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2015
Last date for comments
31 December 2015
Target decision date
19 December 2015
Permission expires
20 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio Church Walk Torrington Devon EX38 8HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2015
Site notice start
8 December 2015
Site notice end
28 December 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04661752
Documents
17
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Torrington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Milton HouseOn this site
  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    27 Nov

    Repairs, renovation and minor alterations

    This applicationApprovedFull1/1221/2015/FUL
  2. 2015
    27 Nov

    Repairs, renovation and minor alterations

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/1222/2015/LBC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    8 Feb

    Crown reduce 1x cherry by 6-8ft

    ApprovedWorks to Tree in Conservation Area1/0138/2016/TCA

Source: Torridge

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