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Land At Nightingale Park Barton Hill Way Torquay TQ2 8JG

P/2021/1287Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 June 2022

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Installation of solar panel array and associated infrastructure. Installation of fencing, exercise equipment, information boards and CCTV. Landscaping to include new planting and widening of circular path.

Received
26 November 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
32
Ward
Barton With Watcombe
Agent
Fisher German LLP
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 202 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At Nightingale Park Barton Hill Way Torquay TQ2 8JG. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 202 days, 21 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8JG
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2021
Committee meeting
9 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fisher German LLP
Architect profile
FISHER GERMAN LIMITED
Agent address
The Estates Office Norman Court Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 2UZ

Publicity

Site notice start
8 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10321931
Documents
67

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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