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Oldway Mansion Site And Fernham Nursing Home Torquay Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2TE

P/2011/0925Major Regulation 4 Application - TorbayApproved
Full

Approved on 12 September 2012

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction within the grounds of Oldway Mansion to form 46 three and four bed town houses. Construction of a new Orangery wedding room and cafe.New 4 rink indoor bowling centre, reconfiguration of 6 hard surfaced tennis courts, alterations to access and works to provide new public car parking and improvements to existing car park areas. Restoration of historic gardens and landscape. Construction of 55 category II sheltered flats in a 4 to 6 storey building with 24 car parking space.THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

Received
24 August 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
18
Ward
Preston
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 352 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Oldway Mansion Site And Fernham Nursing Home Torquay Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2TE. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 385 days, 47 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 2TE
Application type
Major Regulation 4 Application - Torbay
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2011
Consultation expiry
14 June 2012
Consultation start
7 March 2012
Consultation end
28 March 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suites 3 And 4 Westbury Court Church Road Westbury On Trym Bristol BS9 3EF

Publicity

Last advertised
14 June 2012
Site notice start
14 June 2012

Additional information

Documents
187

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2013
    12 Feb

    Amendment to Application No.P/2011/0925

    WithdrawnPlanning ApplicationRelatedP/2013/0214
  2. 2011
    24 Aug

    Construction within the grounds of Oldway Mansion to form 46 three and four bed town houses. Construction of…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2011/0925

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