Planning application
Site Adjacent 1 Lydwell Park Road Torquay TQ1 3TQ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Construction of dwelling with amenity space and car parking. Variation of Conditions relating to application P/2022/0535. To amend Conditions: P1 - Approved Plans, 02 - External Materials and 06 - Electric Vehicle Charging Points and remove condition 04 - Green Roof.
As published by the council, reference P/2023/0069
Application record
- Reference
- P/2023/0069
- Type
- Variation of Condition Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refusal
- Received
- 20 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 20 Jan 2023
- Decided
- 17 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Wellswood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ1 3TQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2023
Received by Torbay
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17 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Refusal
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23 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Newton Abbot
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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Non-Material Amendment relating to application P/2024/0497: Variation of Conditions relating to major application P/2022/0772: Demolition of Mildmay, the art room and estate workshop buildings and construction of new 60-bed specialist dementia & complex needs nursing home with ancillary facilities (Use Class C2). Remodelling of and extension to Main House to provide a 14-bed inpatients unit with ancillary facilities (Use Class C2). Remodelling of Rainbow House and construction of 40 assisted living units with communal facilities (Use Class C2). Construction of 3 guest lodges (Use Class C2). Construction of shared resident and community facilities comprising restaurant (Use Class E(b)), creche / nursery (Use Class E(f)) and community room / village hall (Use Class F2(b)). Construction of estate workshop. Associated car and cycle parking. Comprehensive landscape scheme to include publicly accessible amenity space, communal and private amenity space, restoration of boating lake, sustainable drainage features, allotments, new tree planting and associated works. Various vehicular, cycle and pedestrian routes through the site. All associated infrastructure works. (As amended by plans received 14.11.2022). Conditions: P1 - Approved Plans, 15 - Arboricultural Method Statement, 21 - Parking Management Plan, 23 - Landscaping Scheme, 33 - Care Home Ancillary Units. Variation sought: amendments to restaurant, nursery and community room/village hall with associated amendments to landscaping, generator plant and parking. Amendments sought: Alterations to approved plans, including: Removal of gabion walls. Adjustments to location of proposed guest lodges. Amendment bridge access to proposed lodges, in line with appropriate grading. Amended engineering design of estates workshop and associated hardstanding.