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Fairlea Residential Home South Lea Northam Bideford Devon EX39 3PP

Awaiting decision Torridge 1/0080/2026/FULM Full Application Major

Works: New dwelling Extension Demolition Major scheme

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Proposal

Conversion of former care home into 9 apartments and 5 dwellings, including associated works and partial demolition of extensions - Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission 1/0455/2017/FULM (Variation of conditions 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12 of 1/1182/2019/FULM)

As published by the council, reference 1/0080/2026/FULM

Application record

Reference
1/0080/2026/FULM
Type
Full Application Major
Status
Awaiting Decision
Received
29 Jan 2026
Validated
26 Feb 2026
Ward
Northam
Parish
Northam
Postcode
EX39 3PP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Torridge register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 1/0075/2026/LBC Granted

    Fairlea Residential Home South Lea Northam Bideford Devon EX39 3PP

    Alterations to the design of previously approved application references 1/0455/2017/FULM and 1/0456/2017/LBC. (Variation of condition 2, 3, 4, 5 of 1/1183/2019/LBC)

    Decided 29 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 1/0035/2025/NMAT Withdrawn

    Fairlea Residential Home South Lea Northam Bideford Devon EX39 3PP

    Non-material amendment to planning approval 1/1182/2019/FULM (plans)

    Decided 14 Jan 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Received by Torridge

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 May 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Torridge took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

39 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Torridge for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Torridge decided full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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