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156 Avenue Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5LQ

P/2005/1201Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2005

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change Of Use From 2 Flats To NHS Dental Practice (Revised Scheme)

Received
11 July 2005
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Cockington With Chelston
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 156 Avenue Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5LQ. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Torre conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Cockington With Chelston. 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 5LQ
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2005
Consultation expiry
3 August 2005
Consultation start
18 July 2005
Consultation end
3 August 2005
Committee meeting
2 August 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio Breakwater Court Berry Head Road Brixham Devon TQ5 9AG

Publicity

Last advertised
15 July 2005
Site notice start
15 July 2005

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Torre
  • Brownfield land register: Torre Station, TorquayRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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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© 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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