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36 Preston Down Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2RW

P/2013/0187Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 May 2013

Council decision: Permission with Legal AgreementPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Formation of 12 dwellings compromising 7 houses and 5 apartmentswith associated external works and infrastructure, vehicular and pedestrian access.

Received
14 February 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Preston
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 36 Preston Down Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2RW. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 2RW
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2013
Consultation expiry
28 February 2013
Committee meeting
8 April 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Montpellier Terrace Torquay Devon TQ1 1BL

Publicity

Last advertised
28 February 2013
Site notice start
28 February 2013

Additional information

Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1984.002Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2014
    21 Mar

    Construction of brickwork pier to front boundary wall to stabilise the existing adjacent stone wall (ref…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP/2014/0250
  2. 2013
    14 Feb

    Formation of 12 dwellings compromising 7 houses and 5 apartmentswith associated external works and…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2013/0187

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    28 Nov

    Amendment to approval P/2013/0187/MPA

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentP/2013/1287

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