Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA
Approved on 4 August 2023
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Formation of temporary structure to house a Decontamination Unit for the Endoscopy Department.
- Received
- 14 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Shiphay
- ReceivedReceived14 Mar
- ValidatedValidated14 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Aug
Decided in 143 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 32 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Shiphay. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 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
- TQ2 7AA
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Graeme Moir Windward House Fitzroy Road Exeter EX1 3LJ
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 March 2023
Site constraints
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)
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