Torbay Hospital Rt New Forrest Ward Simpson Ward Torquay Green Zone 6 TQ2 7AA

P/2024/0446Prior approval or notificationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 August 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of 7.5m high stub tower with 6 antennas on headframe at top height of 27.5m, 1 600mm transmission dish, 9 Remote Radio Units (RRUs), 1 GPS, 2 equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto including 1.1m high handrailing.

Received: 3 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: Shiphay

ReceivedReceived3 Jul
ValidatedValidated3 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Aug

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Torbay Hospital Rt New Forrest Ward Simpson Ward Torquay Green Zone 6 TQ2 7AA. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks 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 7AA
Application type: Prior approval or notification
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Martin Brown Rutland House 5 Allen Road Livingston EH54 6TQ

Publicity

Site notice start: 17 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13212453
Comments: 0
Documents: 18

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

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.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Torbay

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