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Torridge

In the last 12 months, 90.1% of full planning applications were approved in Torridge (353 decided). A typical decision takes about nine weeks (median 66 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-06-20–2026-05-22): 91.5% of 2,938 decisions approved.

3,764Total applications
2,689Approved
249Refused
208Withdrawn
600Pending
91.5%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,461Delegated Decision
1,082Not Available
71Committee Decision
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 1,533 1,392 141
90.8%
Discharge of Conditions 306 298 8
97.4%
Prior Approval (Other) 196 188 8
95.9%
No Mat difference to exist Plan Perm 140 135 5
96.4%
Listed Building Consent 130 122 8
93.8%
Tree Works (TPO) 93 84 9
90.3%
Agricultural Building to Dwelling House 90 77 13
85.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 74 61 13
82.4%
Householder 65 65 0
100.0%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 58 58 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 40 37 3
92.5%
Section 106 Application 40 36 4
90.0%
Reserved Matters 38 34 4
89.5%
Outline Planning 36 17 19
47.2%
Full Planning (Major) 29 27 2
93.1%
Advertisement Consent 16 16 0
100.0%
Permission In Principle 15 7 8
46.7%
Application by TDC (self) 8 8 0
100.0%
Change of Use 7 6 1
85.7%
Telecommunications 7 6 1
85.7%
Demolition 5 5 0
100.0%
Technical Details Consent 4 2 2
50.0%
County/Minerals/Waste 3 3 0
100.0%
Change of Use PD Notification 1 1 0
100.0%
Householder PD Notification 1 1 0
100.0%
Agricultural Building to Flexible Use 1 1 0
100.0%
Public Rights Of Way 1 1 0
100.0%
Works to Tree in Conservation Area 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 77 72
93.5%
2023-Q4 167 154
92.2%
2024-Q1 239 213
89.1%
2024-Q2 254 234
92.1%
2024-Q3 259 234
90.3%
2024-Q4 262 240
91.6%
2025-Q1 221 198
89.6%
2025-Q2 238 214
89.9%
2025-Q3 218 205
94.0%
2025-Q4 218 190
87.2%
2026-Q1 203 185
91.1%
2026-Q2 134 128
95.5%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Hartland 393 355 38
90.3%
Milton And Tamarside 373 331 42
88.7%
Broadheath 325 294 31
90.5%
Two Rivers And Three Moors 298 270 28
90.6%
Monkleigh And Putford 271 251 20
92.6%
Shebbear And Langtree 223 211 12
94.6%
Northam 185 168 17
90.8%
Winkleigh 154 144 10
93.5%
Great Torrington 134 127 7
94.8%
Bideford North 123 116 7
94.3%
Appledore 116 111 5
95.7%
Westward Ho! 102 89 13
87.3%
Planning guides

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