Torridge District Council Town Hall Bridge Street Bideford Devon EX39 2HS
Approved on 11 March 2019
Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee
Proposal
Internal Alterations
- Received
- 21 November 2018
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Bideford North
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Torridge District Council Town Hall Bridge Street Bideford Devon EX39 2HS. Torridge has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bideford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 2HS
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bideford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2019
- Consultation start
- 11 March 2019
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 December 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 January 2019
- Last date for comments
- 18 March 2019
- Target decision date
- 3 January 2019
- Committee meeting
- 7 March 2019
- Permission expires
- 11 March 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 December 2018
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 January 2019
- Site notice start
- 21 December 2018
- Site notice end
- 10 January 2019
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bideford
- 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Dec
Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E)…
ApprovedListed building consent1/0971/2025/LBC - 202512 Dec
Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E)…
ApprovedFull Application1/0970/2025/LA - 202510 Jul
Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E)…
RefusedListed building consent1/0568/2025/LBC - 202510 Jul
Change of use of library (Use Class F1) to create a multi-functional sport and fitness facility (Use Class E)…
WithdrawnApplication by TDC (self)1/0567/2025/LA
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