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Torquay Boys Grammar School Land Off Raleigh Avenue And Hawkins Avenue (R/O 55-79 Raleigh Avenue; R/O 15-26 Arden Drive And Close To Hawkins Avenue) Torquay Devon TQ2 6ER

P/2007/1925Major Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 3 March 2008

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Formation Of 28 Houses, 1 Bungalow And 21 Flats With Vehicular/Pedestrian Access.

Received
21 November 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
14
Ward
Cockington With Chelston
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Torquay Boys Grammar School Land Off Raleigh Avenue And Hawkins Avenue (R/O 55-79 Raleigh Avenue; R/O 15-26 Arden Drive And Close To Hawkins Avenue) Torquay Devon TQ2 6ER. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6ER
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
28

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2007
Consultation expiry
24 January 2008
Consultation start
3 January 2008
Consultation end
24 January 2008
Committee meeting
12 February 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Harbour Crescent Serbert Way Portishead Bristol Avon BS20 7FT

Publicity

Last advertised
21 December 2007
Site notice start
21 December 2007

Additional information

Documents
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2000.024Part of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Shiphay Manor, Torquay Girls Grammar, Shiphay Lane, 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.

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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