Planning appeal decision
Sladnor Park, Sladnor Park Road, Torquay, TQ1 4TF
Planning appeal 3257909 at Sladnor Park, Sladnor Park Road, Torquay, TQ1 4TF (Torbay Council) was allowed on 24 May 2022 by Inspector Graham J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site of the 2008 Permission was the same as the site of the 2006 Permission.
Completion of a 188 unit ‘retirement village’, associated healthcare, leisure and restaurant facilities, retention of 3 pairs of existing lodges, landscaping and parking, pursuant to P/2008/1418/PA and P/2009/0240/MRM.” This
- Authority
- Torbay Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Graham J
- Postcode
- TQ1 4TF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site of the 2008 Permission was the same as the site of the 2006 Permission
- Whether the works carried out in December 2011 constituted a material operation that commenced the 2008 Permission within the specified time limit
What decided it
The High Court's conclusive determination that the 2008 Permission site was the same as the 2006 Permission site, combined with the finding that the December 2011 works constituted a material operation that commenced the 2008 Permission within its specified time limit.
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