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Victoria Park Torquay Road Paignton Devon

P/2009/0557Regulation 3 Application - TorbayApproved

Approved on 17 September 2009

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

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Proposal

Remove disused timber changing rooms and replace with steel youth service building with park office and store

Received
4 June 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Preston
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Victoria Park Torquay Road Paignton Devon. Torbay has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Preston.

84% of all 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
Regulation 3 Application - Torbay
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2009
Consultation expiry
14 July 2009
Consultation start
23 June 2009
Consultation end
14 July 2009
Committee meeting
3 August 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr D Gath New Lane Huntington York North Yorks YO32 9PT

Publicity

Last advertised
26 June 2009
Site notice start
26 June 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Old PaigntonPart of the site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: PolshamPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1984.003Part of the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Crossways Shopping Centre, PaigntonRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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