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Devon Garden Machinery Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7HX

P/2020/1298Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 February 2022

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Hybrid application comprising: (1) Demolition of existing buildings and construction of discount supermarket, drive through coffee shop, drive through fast food restaurant, and replacement retail building for Devon Garden Machinery with associated parking, access, and hard/soft landscaping, together with (2) Outline planning application for Class B2/B8 uses (Please see Teignbridge District Council application number 20/02395/MAJ for this outline element).

Received
18 December 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
159
Ward
Barton With Watcombe
Agent
Planning Potential
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 419 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Devon Garden Machinery Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7HX. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 419 days, 52 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Barton With Watcombe. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 postcode area.

84% 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 7HX
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2020
Consultation expiry
20 January 2021
Committee meeting
11 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Potential
Agent address
13-14 Orchard Street City Centre BRISTOL BS1 5EH

Publicity

Last advertised
20 January 2021
Site notice start
20 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09329488
Documents
289

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.

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