Torquay Boys Grammar School Shiphay Manor Drive Torquay Devon TQ2 7EL
Approved on 29 January 2008
Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee
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Proposal
Extension To Form Laboratory, 4 Additional Classrooms, Offices, Toilets (Revised Scheme To Previous Approval Ref P/2006/1948/MPA)
- Received
- 26 November 2007
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Cockington With Chelston
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Torquay Boys Grammar School Shiphay Manor Drive Torquay Devon TQ2 7EL. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 5 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 7EL
- Application type
- Major Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 7 December 2007
- Committee meeting
- 21 January 2008
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 45 Devon Square Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2HH
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 December 2007
- Site notice start
- 7 December 2007
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Barn South West of Shiphay Manor (Shiphay Manor Not Included)On or next to this site
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201028 Jun
Formation of tennis courts including perimeter fencing and floodlighting
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2010/0712 - 200926 Nov
Extension to existing kitchen and dining hall
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2009/1213 - 200611 Dec
Extension To Form Laboratory/Planetarium; 4 Additional Classrooms, Offices, Toilets
ApprovedMajor Planning ApplicationP/2006/1948 - 200415 Dec
Replacement 2.4M High Fence To Boundary Path
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2004/2068 - 20037 Oct
Lime (T632) -Fell
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2003/0278
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