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Torbay School 170B Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2AL

P/2019/0575Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 July 2019

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of detached single storey vocational education block within Brunel Academy.

Received
3 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Preston
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Torbay School 170B Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2AL. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. 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 2AL
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Richard Sutton Tor Hill House Union Street Torquay TQ2 5QW

Publicity

Site notice start
12 June 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07848198
Documents
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2002.023Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: R/O 188-190 Torquay Road, PaigntonRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    27 Feb

    Non Material Amendment to application P/2019/0575

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP/2020/0237
  2. 2019
    16 Sep

    Non Material Amendment relating to application P/2019/0575

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP/2019/0991
  3. 2019
    3 Jun

    Construction of detached single storey vocational education block within Brunel Academy.

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2019/0575

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    23 Oct

    Formation of covered work area

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2008/1433

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