Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA

P/2020/0102Major Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 20 May 2020

Council decision: Permission With Legal AgreementDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Construction of new 2-storey mental health unit comprising a secure mixed-gender adult ward with 16 bedrooms, treatment & therapy spaces and staff offices with associated clinical & non-clinical facilities. Partial demolition of existing Haytor ward to accommodate new unit.

Received: 29 January 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: Shiphay
Agent: Grainge Architects

ReceivedReceived29 Jan
ValidatedValidated11 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 May

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 32 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Shiphay. 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 7AA
Application type: Major Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Grainge Architects
Architect profile: GRAINGE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: Grainge Architects The Boat Shed Michael Browning Way EXETER EX2 8DD

Publicity

Site notice start: 19 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08410003
Documents: 52

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Torbay Hospital ChapelOn or next to this site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2006.016Part of the site · +1 more

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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