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120 Torquay Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2AH

P/2009/0794Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 October 2009

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing vacant retail unit to form additional two bedroom flat and rear first floor extension of existing maisonette

Received
3 August 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Preston
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 120 Torquay Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2AH. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Preston. 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 2AH
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2009
Consultation expiry
18 September 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Montpellier Terrace Torquay Devon TQ1 1BL

Publicity

Last advertised
18 September 2009
Site notice start
18 September 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Polsham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 124, Torquay RoadOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Polsham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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