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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300 approved · 81 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
101A New Road Brixham TQ5 8BY
Received 13 Jul 2026Linden Mount Pleasant Road Brixham TQ5 9RU
Received 14 Jul 2026Rock House 59 Berry Head Road Brixham TQ5 9AA
Received 14 Jul 20265 Stabb Close Paignton TQ4 7JA
Received 14 Jul 202616 Sanders Road Brixham TQ5 8PL
Received 14 Jul 202641 Braddons Hill Road East Torquay TQ1 1HB
Received 14 Jul 202629 Winner Hill Road Paignton TQ3 3BT
Received 14 Jul 20261 Happaway Road Torquay TQ2 8ED
Received 15 Jul 2026Fernleaf Bakers Hill Brixham TQ5 0BS
Received 15 Jul 2026Premier Inn Belgrave Road Torquay TQ2 5HE
Received 16 Jul 20268 Hesketh Mews Meadfoot Sea Road Torquay TQ1 2LT
Received 16 Jul 2026Brixham Town Hall New Road Brixham TQ5 8TA
Received 16 Jul 202627 Northfields Lane Brixham TQ5 8RS
Received 16 Jul 2026Rowcroft Hospice Ellas Gardens Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS
Received 16 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To 65 King Street Brixham TQ5 9TH
Received 16 Jul 2026Mead Cottage Cockington Lane Torquay TQ2 6QS
Received 17 Jul 20267 Southview Road Paignton TQ3 2QG
Received 17 Jul 2026Green Oaks 1 Rooklands Avenue Torquay TQ1 4DG
Received 20 Jul 202670 Windsor Road Torquay TQ1 1SZ
Received 20 Jul 20267 Marlborough Avenue Torquay TQ1 1TT
Received 20 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To 81 Shiphay Lane Torquay TQ2 7DA
Received 17 Jul 202631 Grosvenor Close Torquay TQ2 7LB
Received 20 Jul 202628 Totnes Road Paignton TQ4 5JZ
Received 21 Jul 2026Flat 1 114 Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LQ
Received 21 Jul 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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