Land At Grid Reference 245331 127914 Chircombe Lane Northam Devon Data via plota.co.uk

1/0836/2026/ADV - Application to Display Adverts Application is being considered

Proposal

Retrospective advertisement application for the erection of a non illuminated sales board for a temporary period of 5 months. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Nov 2026, 15:16

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Application progress

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Received

29 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

10 Nov 2026

✓

Consultation

10 Nov 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 4 Jan 2027, from recent advertisement consent across the UK.

Comments are open until 4 Dec 2026

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Documents 8

Plans & drawings 3

PDF LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2026 View ↗ PDF CONVEYANCE PLAN Drawing · 9 Nov 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Drawing · 29 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 29 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

SSSI 261 m away: Taw-Torridge Estuary SSSI; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 27 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 10 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Torridge
Application type: Application to Display Adverts
Received: 29 Oct 2026
Validated: 10 Nov 2026
Ward: Northam
Parish: Northam
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Jan 2027
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 1 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide advertisement consent by day 55.

prediction

Day 155 days to the 56-day target

62%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

14,692decided in the last year

Plota live figures for advertisement consent decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent advertisement consent in Torridge to go on. Torridge decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15333151
Planning Portal ref: PP-15333151
Neighbours: 10 Nov 2026
Consultation: 10 Nov 2026
Comments by: 4 Dec 2026
Site or press notice: 18 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Jan 2027
Env. assessment: No

Torridge

Planning Authority Score

7.6/10

Good

#40 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other decisions

Torridge is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #55 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Torridge decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #184 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #25 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #55 of 296

38%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #133 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

155 decided (1-9 homes)

85%

Major dwellings approved

13 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

11 decided

554

Total decisions

71 refused in the year to March 2026