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Beech Unit Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA

P/2020/0678Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 December 2020

Council decision: Permission With Legal AgreementDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Formation of two single-storey extensions to existing mental health unit. Replacement linking corridor & internal alterations.

Received
17 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Shiphay
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Dec

Decided in 159 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Beech Unit Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 3 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
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Boat Shed Michael Browning Way Exeter EX2 8DD

Publicity

Site notice start
12 August 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08765109
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    17 Aug

    Variation of Conditions relating to application P/2020/0678

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P/2021/0949
  2. 2020
    17 Jul

    Formation of two single-storey extensions to existing mental health unit. Replacement linking corridor &…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2020/0678

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