20, Appletorre Vansittart Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BW

P/2003/1414Planning ApplicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 3 October 2003

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change Of Use Of Holiday Flat Complex Into Residential Care Home With Associated Internal Alterations

Received: 18 August 2003
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: Tormohun

ReceivedReceived18 Aug
ValidatedValidated18 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Oct

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20, Appletorre Vansittart Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BW. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 46 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Torre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Torbay Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TQ2 5BW
Application type: Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 August 2003
Consultation expiry: 29 August 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Eastgate House South Street Totnes Devon TQ9 5DZ

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 August 2003

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Torre
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Torbay

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