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1/0875/2025/ADV - Application to Display Adverts Approved
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Proposal

Replacement of existing fascia signage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
25 Nov 2025
✓
Consultation
16 Jan 2026
✓
Approved
16 Jan 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
13 Apr 2026

Approved on 16 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Decision · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF EXISTING ELEVATIONS Drawing · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Drawing · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION Photo · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF CONSERVATION OFFICER Consultee Comment · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Work Card Work Card · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SHOP FRONT Photo · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Number 1 Cooper Street and Numbers 53, 54 and 55 Mill Street
List entry 1208724 · 18 m away · 79 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade II*, 73 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Bideford conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 259 m away: Kynoch's Foreshore
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 143 m away: Taw-Torridge Estuary SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bideford built-up area; National infrastructure project 1129 m away: Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Torridge
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Postcode
EX39 2JR
Received
13 Nov 2025
Validated
25 Nov 2025
Ward
Bideford North
Parish
Bideford
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Approved
Decision date
16 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 13 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004473 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Onaek Building Consultants Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 87% of advertisement consent here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
13,916decided 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.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14484749
Planning Portal ref
PP-14484749
Neighbours
26 Nov 2025
Consultation
16 Jan 2026
Comments by
21 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
27 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
20 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Country Cottage Bakery 22 Mill Street Bideford Devon EX39 2JW
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25 - 26 Bridgeland Street Bideford Devon EX39 2PZ
Removal of Holly Tree (T1) and works to Golden Rain Tree/ Varnish Tree (T2) 2 metre crown…
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Change of use from commercial premises to residential flat
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Change of use from commercial premises to residential flat
1/0531/2021/LA
2021 Approved
1 Lower Gunstone Bideford Devon EX39 2DE
Part retrospective application for part conversion of upper floors for creation 2 no. fla…
1/0842/2021/FUL
2021 Approved
1 Lower Gunstone Bideford Devon EX39 2DE
Part retrospective application for part conversion of upper floors for creation 2 no. fla…
1/0842/2021/FUL
2020 Approved
49 Mill Street Bideford Devon EX39 2JR
Change of use of ground floor from retail to cafe/restaurant and associated operational d…
1/1173/2020/FUL
2020 Approved
49 Mill Street Bideford Devon EX39 2JR
Change of use of ground floor from retail to cafe/restaurant and associated operational d…
1/1173/2020/FUL
2020 Approved
49 Mill Street Bideford Devon EX39 2JR
Change of use of ground floor from retail to cafe/restaurant and associated operational d…
1/1174/2020/LBC
2020 Approved
49 Mill Street Bideford Devon EX39 2JR
Change of use of ground floor from retail to cafe/restaurant and associated operational d…
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2017 Approved
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Use of pavement outside public house to site table and chairs
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19 Mill Street Bideford Devon EX39 2JR
1Proposed new shop front and access to upper floors
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.