Understanding planning · 13 min read
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300 approved · 81 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
2 Cumbernauld Higher Erith Road Torquay TQ1 2NQ
Received 28 Jan 202631 Manscombe Road Torquay TQ2 6ST
Received 29 Jan 2026339 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 3TB
Received 30 Jan 2026Cromdale 8 Mead Road Torquay TQ2 6TE
Received 2 Feb 202614 Purbeck Avenue Torquay TQ2 6UL
Received 2 Feb 202623 Daison Crescent Torquay TQ1 4LJ
Received 2 Feb 202610 Ben Venue Close Torquay TQ1 1RX
Received 2 Feb 2026Lanscombe Lodge Cottage Cockington Lane Torquay TQ2 6XA
Received 2 Feb 202647 Park Road Torquay TQ1 4QR
Received 2 Feb 202644 Fore Street Torquay TQ1 4LX
Received 3 Feb 202644 Fore Street Torquay TQ1 4LX
Received 3 Feb 2026Upton Rectory Furzehill Road Torquay TQ1 3JG
Received 3 Feb 2026The Palms Lower Warberry Road Torquay TQ1 1TS
Received 3 Feb 202652 Edenvale Road Paignton TQ3 2JH
Received 4 Feb 202622 Grosvenor Close Torquay TQ2 7LB
Received 5 Feb 202628 Durham Close Paignton TQ3 2QN
Received 5 Feb 20267 Loxbury Road Torquay TQ2 6RS
Received 5 Feb 2026Hellinghay House Seaway Lane Torquay TQ2 6PW
Received 6 Feb 2026Northgate Higher Warberry Road Torquay TQ1 1SF
Received 6 Feb 2026105 Laura Grove Paignton TQ3 2LH
Received 6 Feb 2026Daintons Storage Yalberton Industrial Estate Alders Way Paignton TQ4 7QL
Received 9 Feb 2026Cotana Cottage Higher Erith Road Torquay TQ1 2NQ
Received 9 Feb 202630 Sandringham Drive Paignton TQ3 1HY
Received 9 Feb 202664 Barcombe Heights Paignton TQ3 1PT
Received 9 Feb 2026Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage