75 Empire Road Torquay Devon TQ1 4LF
Proposal
Retaining Wall (Retrospective Application)
- Received
- 2 August 2007
- Decided
- 24 September 2007 · Approval
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- St Marychurch
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Aug
- ValidatedValidated2 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Sep
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at 75 Empire Road Torquay Devon TQ1 4LF. Torbay has handled 1,997 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days quicker than Torbay's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Marychurch. We hold 1,050 applications in total for the TQ1 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- 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.
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