Sladnor Park, Sladnor Park Road, TORQUAY, TQ1 4TF

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

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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