Planning application
Tennis Courts At Grid Reference 249594 119408 Bests Lane Torrington Devon
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of a sand dressed floodlit playzone, include hard standing area, sports fencing and advertising funding banners
As published by the council, reference 1/0973/2025/LA
Application record
- Reference
- 1/0973/2025/LA
- Type
- Application by TDC (self)
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Approved
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 18 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 19 May 2026
- Ward
- Great Torrington
- Parish
- Great Torrington
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Torridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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1/0065/2026/DIS Awaiting decision
Tennis Courts At Grid Reference 249594 119408 Bests Lane Torrington Devon
Discharge of condition 3, 7, 9 and BNG informative for planning approval 1/0973/2025/LA
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1/0974/2025/ADV Granted
Tennis Courts At Grid Reference 249594 119408 Bests Lane Torrington Devon
7 no. vinyl banners promoting the funding to be fixed to the sports fence and are not illuminated.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Dec 2025
Received by Torridge
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18 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 May 2026
Decision issued: Application Approved
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
54 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Torridge granted permission on 19 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Torridge's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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