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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300 approved · 81 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Ben Venue Close Torquay TQ1 1RX
Received 9 Apr 2026Broadwater Warren Road Torquay TQ2 5TL
Received 9 Apr 202637 Wheatlands Road Paignton TQ4 5HU
Received 9 Apr 202618 Thorne Park Road Torquay TQ2 6RX
Received 10 Apr 2026Haldon Rise Haldon Road Torquay TQ1 2LX
Received 10 Apr 202645 Dart Avenue Torquay TQ2 7NG
Received 10 Apr 2026Flat 1 Villa Capri Daddyhole Road Torquay TQ1 2ED
Received 13 Apr 2026Plot (Formerly Craig) Ilsham Marine Drive Torquay TQ1 2HT
Received 13 Apr 2026Bayfort Mansions Warren Road Torquay TQ2 5TN
Received 14 Apr 20267, 7A, 8, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 12, 13 And 14 The Strand Torquay And 43, 45, 47 And 55, 57, 59 The Terrace, Torquay
Received 14 Apr 20268 The Strand Torquay
Received 14 Apr 2026Former Palace Hotel Land Adjacent To Babbacombe Road And Ansteys Cove Road Babbacombe
Received 14 Apr 2026Flat 14 Royal Pines Hesketh Road Torquay TQ1 2LN
Received 14 Apr 202626 Bella Vista Road Brixham TQ5 8BQ
Received 15 Apr 202678 Fleet Street Torquay TQ2 5EB
Received 15 Apr 202678 Fleet Street Torquay TQ2 5EB
Received 15 Apr 2026Notsey View 7A Glebeland Way Torquay TQ2 7RP
Received 15 Apr 20267 Beechfield Place Torquay TQ2 8HX
Received 10 Apr 2026Devonshire Retail Park Long Road Paignton TQ4 7BL
Received 16 Apr 202619 Stoneleigh Drive Torquay TQ2 6TR
Received 16 Apr 2026Flat A 37 Park Road Torquay TQ1 4QR
Received 17 Apr 2026Etobicoke Nut Bush Lane Torquay TQ2 6LD
Received 17 Apr 2026Meadow Bank 16 Penpethy Road Brixham TQ5 8NW
Received 17 Apr 2026Seaway Court 78 New Road Brixham TQ5 8NJ
Received 20 Apr 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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