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Devon School Of English 1 Lower Polsham Road Paignton TQ3 2AU

P/2020/0544Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 8 June 2021

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of two dwellings within curtilage of existing grounds.

Received
8 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Roundham With Hyde
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 306 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Devon School Of English 1 Lower Polsham Road Paignton TQ3 2AU. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 365 days, 44 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Polsham Park conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Roundham With Hyde. 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 2AU
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2020
Consultation expiry
19 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao Mr N Howes 97 Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2SE

Publicity

Last advertised
19 August 2020
Site notice start
19 August 2020

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Polsham
  • Listed building: Boundary Walls And Gate Piers To North Of Parish Church Of Christ ChurchOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Polsham
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2004.011Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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. 2020
    8 Jun

    Construction of two dwellings within curtilage of existing grounds.

    This applicationRefusedFullP/2020/0544
  2. 2020
    8 Jun

    Change of use from school (D1) to four residential dwellings (C3).

    RefusedPlanning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2020/0545

Source: Torbay

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