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Devon Garden Machinery, Newton Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7HX

20/02395/MAJMajor ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 August 2021

Council decision: Recommendation PendingDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Planning Application crossing Local Authority Boundaries - Hybrid planning application comprising: 1. Full planning application for the demolition of existing buildings on site; construction of supermarket; drive through coffee shop; drive through fast food restaurant; and, replacement retail building for Devon Garden Machinery together with associated parking, access, and hard and soft landscaping. (Torbay Council only) 2. Outline planning application for General Industrial (Class B2) and Storage & Distribution (Class B8) uses. (Teignbridge District Council only)

Received
22 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kerswell-with-Combe
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 230 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Devon Garden Machinery , Newton Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7HX. Teignbridge has handled 1,913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 230 days, 26 weeks longer than Teignbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Kerswell-with-Combe. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Teignbridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TQ2 7HX
Application type
Major Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Kingskerswell

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2020
Consultation expiry
13 February 2021
Target decision date
23 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
13-14 Orchard Street, City Centre, Bristol, BS1 5EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 February 2021

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    18 Jan

    hybrid application - please see planning application 20/02395/MAJ

    ApprovedOther General ConsultationRelated21/00139/CONSLT
  2. 2020
    22 Dec

    Planning Application crossing Local Authority Boundaries - Hybrid planning application comprising: 1. Full…

    This applicationRecommendation PendingFull20/02395/MAJ

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