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Torbay Hospital Lowes Bridge Torquay TQ2 7AA

P/2024/0879Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 April 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of existing cabin. Formation of substation & standby generator.

Received
19 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Shiphay
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Torbay Hospital Lowes Bridge Torquay TQ2 7AA. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 4 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Miss Abbie Ingram Lyster Court 2 Craigie Drive The Millfields Plymouth PL1 3JB United Kingdom

Publicity

Site notice start
26 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13458179

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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