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4 Newton Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BU

P/2003/1399Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 3 October 2003

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change Of Use From Retail Shop (A1) To Take Away Food Shop (A3)

Received
14 August 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Newton Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BU. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Tormohun conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Torbay Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TQ2 5BU
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2003
Consultation expiry
29 August 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Post Box Cottage East Ogwell Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 6AJ

Publicity

Last advertised
29 August 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tormohun
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Torbay

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