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

P/2007/1553Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2007

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

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

Received
17 September 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Crest Hotel 28-30 Newton Road/Cleveland Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BZ. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 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.

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 5BZ
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2007
Consultation expiry
23 October 2007
Consultation start
2 October 2007
Consultation end
23 October 2007
Committee meeting
19 November 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chandos House Back Street Wendover Bucks HP22 6EB

Publicity

Last advertised
21 September 2007
Site notice start
21 September 2007

Additional information

Documents
35

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

    ApprovedDemolition in a conservation areaFiled alongsideP/2007/1548
  2. 2007
    17 Sep

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

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2007/1553

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