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Former Dairy Crest Depot Parkfield Road Torquay TQ1 4BH

P/2023/0131Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 April 2024

Council decision: Permission With Legal AgreementPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment of part of former depot to form 44 apartments with associated parking and landscaping (Part Retrospective).

Received
6 February 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Dairy Crest Depot Parkfield Road Torquay TQ1 4BH. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 445 days, 56 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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.

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
TQ1 4BH
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
44

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2023
Consultation expiry
15 November 2023
Committee meeting
15 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao Kay Elliott 5-7 Meadfoot Road Torquay TQ1 2JP

Publicity

Last advertised
15 November 2023
Site notice start
15 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11914896

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Dairy Crest, Parkfield RoadRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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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    Variation of condition relating to application P/2023/0131

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    6 Feb

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