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Land At McKay Avenue Torre Torquay TQ1 4FD

P/2022/0722Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 April 2023

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 72 extra care apartments (use class C3) with parking, communal lounges, courtyard garden and cafe on ground floor.

Received
15 June 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
22
Ward
Tormohun
Agent
Architecture Design Graphics
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 250 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land At McKay Avenue Torre Torquay TQ1 4FD. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 293 days, 34 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 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
TQ1 4FD
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2022
Consultation expiry
3 August 2022
Committee meeting
14 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture Design Graphics
Agent address
5-11 Millbay Road Plymouth PL1 3LF England

Publicity

Last advertised
3 August 2022
Site notice start
3 August 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11083639
Documents
71

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: TormohunNext to the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2002.010Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    15 Jun

    Erection of 72 extra care apartments (use class C3) with parking, communal lounges, courtyard garden and cafe…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2022/0722
  2. No date

    Discharge of conditions in relation to P/2022/0722

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCN/2026/0013

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