Planning application
Mayfield School Moor Lane Torquay TQ2 8NH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition in relation to P/2024/0814 (Replacement of Air Handling Unit and installation of two new Air Source Heat Pumps on roof and associated works including steel frame support.): Condition P1 - (approved plans). Variation sought: Changes to location of air handling unit, erection of fence, and change to specification and siting of heat pump units with associated works.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0568
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0568
- Type
- Variation of Condition Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 4 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 12 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 23 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Barton With Watcombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ2 8NH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2025
Received by Torbay
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12 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approval
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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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