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300 approved · 81 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
314 Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2DZ
Received 19 Feb 2026The Acorn Centre Lummaton Cross Torquay TQ2 8ET
Received 19 Feb 20268 Barcombe Road Paignton TQ3 1PY
Received 19 Feb 202624 Peasland Road Torquay TQ2 8NY
Received 19 Feb 2026Norcliffe Hotel 7 Babbacombe Downs Road Torquay TQ1 3LF
Received 20 Feb 2026Graylings Bascombe Road Brixham TQ5 0JX
Received 20 Feb 202629 Ramshill Road Paignton TQ3 3PN
Received 20 Feb 2026Greyridge Higher Woodfield Road Torquay TQ1 2LB
Received 20 Feb 202631 Seymour Drive Torquay TQ2 8PY
Received 20 Feb 202637 Sandringham Drive Paignton TQ3 1HR
Received 23 Feb 202613 Waterleat Avenue Paignton TQ3 3UE
Received 23 Feb 20263 Roundhill Road Torquay TQ2 6TQ
Received 23 Feb 202641 Orkney Close Torquay TQ2 7DS
Received 24 Feb 2026Mayfield Medical Centre 37 Totnes Road Paignton TQ4 5LA
Received 24 Feb 202631 Manscombe Road Torquay TQ2 6ST
Received 25 Feb 2026Cromdale 8 Mead Road Torquay TQ2 6TE
Received 25 Feb 2026Torre Abbey Beach Catering And Paddleboard Hire Torre Abbey Beach Promenade Torquay TQ2 5JE
Received 26 Feb 2026Oldway Oaks Southfield Road Paignton TQ3 2SP
Received 26 Feb 202633 Oyster Bend Paignton TQ4 6NL
Received 26 Feb 2026Ladbrokes 1 Vaughan Parade Torquay TQ2 5EG
Received 26 Feb 2026Park Court Heath Road Brixham TQ5 9AX
Received 26 Feb 202610 Court Road Torquay TQ2 6SE
Received 27 Feb 2026Corbyn Head Hotel Torbay Road Torquay TQ2 6RG
Received 27 Feb 202670 & 70A Winner Street Paignton TQ3 3BH
Received 27 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.
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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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