Land Opposite 53A Westhill Avenue, At Junction With 75 Empire Road Torquay

P/2024/0276Telecommunications - Outside Cons. AreaApproved

Approved on 26 April 2024

Council decision: No conditions proposedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Installation of telecoms apparatus: 1 x 9m wooden pole.

Received: 22 April 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: St Marychurch

ReceivedReceived22 Apr
ValidatedValidated22 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Apr

Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land Opposite 53A Westhill Avenue, At Junction With 75 Empire Road Torquay. Torbay has handled 109 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 7 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Glebe Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across St Marychurch.

100% of telecoms 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

Application type: Telecommunications - Outside Cons. Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 April 2024

Additional information

Comments: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

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