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The Firs 64 Oldway Road Paignton TQ3 2TB

P/2022/0425Outline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 August 2022

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Formation of two 3/4 bedroom dwellings in rear garden.

Received
3 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Preston
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Firs 64 Oldway Road Paignton TQ3 2TB. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Preston. We hold 1,005 applications in total for the TQ3 postcode area.

89% 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
TQ3 2TB
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Minerva House Highweek Street Newton Abbot TQ12 1TQ

Publicity

Site notice start
15 June 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/2023/0019
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Dismissed

Appeal history

3315431
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 September 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11167460
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1998.015Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Torbay

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