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The Crest Hotel 28-30 Newton Road/Cleveland Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BZ

P/2007/1548Demolition in a conservation areaApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 21 January 2008

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition Of Hotel

Received
17 September 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Crest Hotel 28-30 Newton Road/Cleveland Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BZ. Torbay has handled 130 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Torre conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

97% of heritage 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 5BZ
Application type
Demolition in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2007
Consultation expiry
10 October 2007
Consultation start
19 September 2007
Consultation end
10 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chaudos House Back Street Wendover Bucks HP22 6EB

Publicity

Last advertised
21 September 2007
Site notice start
21 September 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1974.013
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    17 Sep

    Demolition Of Hotel

    This applicationApprovedHeritageP/2007/1548
  2. 2007
    17 Sep

    Demolition Of Hotel And Formation Of 90 Bed Hotel With Car Parking

    ApprovedMajor Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2007/1553

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