Newcombes Farm Roborough EX19 8SY
Approved on 5 February 2007
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective application for change of use from garden store to garden room
- Received
- 15 November 2006
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Three Moors
- ReceivedReceived15 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Newcombes Farm Roborough EX19 8SY. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 322 applications in total for the EX19 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
- EX19 8SY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Roborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2006
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2007
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2007
- Consultation end
- 5 February 2007
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2007
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2007
- Permission expires
- 5 February 2012
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 December 2006
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 January 2007
- Site notice start
- 19 December 2006
- Site notice end
- 8 January 2007
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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