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Devon Garden Machinery Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7HX

P/2021/0991Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 February 2022

Council decision: Screening - EIA Not ReQuiredDelegated (officer decision)

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) - THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2011 DO NOT MAKE PROVISION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON REQUESTS FOR SCREENING/SCOPING OPINIONS.

Received
6 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barton With Watcombe
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 181 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Devon Garden Machinery Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7HX. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 181 days, 18 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.

90% of outline 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
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Philip Marsden 13-14 Orchard Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5EH

Additional information

Comments
0

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    16 Jun

    Installation of brick faced 1m to 2m high concrete retaining wall on the south-eastern boundary of the site…

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2023/0533
  2. 2023
    31 May

    Non-Material Amendment relating to application P/2020/1298

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentP/2023/0469
  3. 2023
    23 May

    Non-Material Amendment relating to application P/2022/0618

    RefusedNon-material amendmentP/2023/0448
  4. 2023
    14 Feb

    Non Material Amendment relating to application P/2020/1298

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentP/2023/0156
  5. 2022
    25 May

    Non Material Amendment relating to application P/2020/1298

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentP/2022/0618
  6. 2020
    18 Dec

    Hybrid application comprising: (1) Demolition of existing buildings and construction of discount supermarket…

    ApprovedMajor Planning ApplicationP/2020/1298

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