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Site At Newton Road/Woodland Road Torquay

P/2006/0913Major Reserved Matters ApplicationApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 11 August 2006

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish Existing Buildings And Redevelopment Of Site To Provide 5,518 SQ M (Gross) Non Food Retail Floorspace (Class A1) Including Mezzanine Floor (S) Together With Provision For An Ancillary External Garden Centre With Vehicular/Pedestrian Access

Received
15 June 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site At Newton Road/Woodland Road Torquay. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun.

89% of outline 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

Application type
Major Reserved Matters Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2006
Consultation expiry
11 July 2006
Consultation start
20 June 2006
Consultation end
11 July 2006
Committee meeting
31 July 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Queen Street Bristol Avon BS1 4NT

Publicity

Last advertised
23 June 2006
Site notice start
23 June 2006

Additional information

Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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.

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