Devon School Of English The Old Vicarage Lower Polsham Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2AF
Approved on 24 September 2008
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey extension (revised scheme to previous approval ref P/2008/0451/PA)
- Received
- 6 August 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Roundham With Hyde
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated12 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Sep
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Devon School Of English The Old Vicarage Lower Polsham Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2AF. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Polsham Park conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Roundham With Hyde. We hold 1,005 applications in total for the TQ3 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
- TQ3 2AF
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 August 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 22 August 2008
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fairway Venn Farm Lane Higher Exeter Road Teignmouth Devon TQ14 9BP
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 August 2008
- Site notice start
- 22 August 2008
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Polsham
- Listed building: Boundary Walls And Gate Piers To North Of Parish Church Of Christ ChurchOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Polsham
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2004.011Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20208 Jun
Construction of two dwellings within curtilage of existing grounds.
RefusedPlanning ApplicationP/2020/0544 - 20208 Jun
Change of use from school (D1) to four residential dwellings (C3).
RefusedPlanning ApplicationP/2020/0545 - 20131 Mar
Horse Chestnut - Pollarding above main fork at approximately 10 feet
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPO And CAAT/2013/0067
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