5 Severn Road Torquay TQ2 7LZ
Approved on 9 August 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Alterations to existing rear extension.
- Received
- 23 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Shiphay
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated29 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a rear extension at 5 Severn Road Torquay TQ2 7LZ. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker 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 Shiphay. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 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
- TQ2 7LZ
- Application type
- Prior notification larger home extension
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 June 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Source: Torbay
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