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P/2025/0819 - Telecommunications - Outside Cons. Area Approved

Proposal

Removal of existing 17.5m monopole and replacement with 20m monopole accommodating 9No antennas. Replacement of 3No equipment cabinets, with internal upgrade of an existing equipment cabinet and ancillary development thereto. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
29 Dec 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
27 May 2026

Approved on 29 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Flood defence about 3 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground); Inside the Paignton built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Torbay
Application type
Telecommunications - Outside Cons. Area
Postcode
TQ4 7EU
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
11 Dec 2025
Ward
Goodrington With Roselands
Case officer
Show
Decision
No conditions proposed
Decision date
29 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 27 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003921 ↗
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 18 days from validation, 5 days faster than Torbay's median of 23 for prior approvals. Approved, as 91% of prior approvals here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
60decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Torbay in the last twelve months, from validation. Torbay decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
2 objecting

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
22 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Torbay
Planning Authority Score
1.9/10
Poor
#276 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Torbay is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #276 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Torbay decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #183 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #197 of 296
37%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #276 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #247 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
53 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
44 decided
529
Total decisions
68 refused in the year to March 2026