The Old Engine House 130 Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AD

P/2018/1244Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 15 March 2019

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Installation of 2No. 3m high car park lighting poles with LED heads. (Retrospective)

Received: 11 December 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: Shiphay With The Willows

ReceivedReceived11 Dec
ValidatedValidated11 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided15 Mar

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Engine House 130 Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AD. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 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: TQ2 7AD
Application type: Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Jim Asbridge Hollinwood Business Centre Albert Street Oldham OL8 3QL

Publicity

Site notice start: 19 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07483239
Documents: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Torbay

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