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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Torbay Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
300 approved · 81 refused · 14 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Mar 2025 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 10 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Unity Hall Montpellier Road Torquay TQ1 1DL
Received 18 Mar 2025Unity Hall Montpellier Road Torquay TQ1 1DL
Received 18 Mar 2025Flat 1 16 Castle Road Torquay TQ1 3BG
Received 2 Jun 20259 Windsor Close Windsor Road Torquay TQ1 1TA
Received 3 Oct 202525A Kings Ash Road Paignton TQ3 3TY
Received 6 Oct 20251A Castle Road Torquay TQ1 3BB
Received 13 Oct 202534 Morin Road Paignton TQ3 2PN
Received 20 Oct 202514 Market Street Torquay TQ1 3AQ
Received 28 Oct 202529 Alison Road Paignton TQ3 1BQ
Received 3 Nov 202527 Western Road Torquay TQ1 4RJ
Received 5 Nov 202530 James Avenue Paignton TQ3 3LZ
Received 19 Nov 2025Fairfield West Huxtable Hill Torquay TQ2 6RN
Received 21 Nov 20257 Albany Road Paignton TQ3 1BJ
Received 21 Nov 2025The Old Town Hall Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 3JR
Received 26 Nov 2025Unit 12 - 12A Torbay Trading Estate New Road Brixham TQ5 8NF
Received 27 Nov 20257 Haywain Close Torquay TQ2 7SG
Received 27 Nov 2025Flat 16 Seaway Court Seaway Lane Torquay TQ2 6RJ
Received 1 Dec 202517 Manor Vale Road Brixham TQ5 0PA
Received 1 Dec 2025St Edmunds Hotel 25 Sands Road Paignton TQ4 6EG
Received 1 Dec 2025Priory Cottages Beach Road Paignton TQ4 6AY
Received 1 Dec 2025Dell Cottage Brixham Road Paignton TQ4 7BH
Received 2 Dec 2025Football Ground Haycock Lane Brixham TQ5 9UE
Received 4 Dec 2025Melba House 62 Bampfylde Road Torquay TQ2 5AY
Received 4 Dec 2025Land North Of Long Road Paignton
Received 4 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Torbay Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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