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South Devon College Newton Road/Teignmouth Road/Barton Road/Oakhill Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BY

P/2005/0138Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 October 2005

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Mixed Use Development Comprising 258 Residential Properties; 61 Sheltered Housing Units; Office Development. THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LOCAL PLAN.

Received
28 January 2005
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
6
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 266 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at South Devon College Newton Road/Teignmouth Road/Barton Road/Oakhill Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BY. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 30 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5BY
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2005
Consultation expiry
13 June 2005
Consultation start
23 May 2005
Consultation end
13 June 2005
Committee meeting
11 August 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
155 Aztec West Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4UB

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2005
Site notice start
15 July 2005

Additional information

Documents
80

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2002.010Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Richwood Hotel, Newton Road, TorquayRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    8 Sep

    Amendment To Application P/2005/0138

    ApprovedMinor AmendmentRelatedMA/2006/0052
  2. 2005
    28 Jan

    Mixed Use Development Comprising 258 Residential Properties; 61 Sheltered Housing Units; Office Development…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2005/0138

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