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23 Fortescue Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2BY

P/2009/0485Cert. of Lawfulness - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 6 July 2009

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use as 2 self contained flats (revised scheme)

Received
15 May 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Preston
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Fortescue Road Paignton Devon TQ3 2BY. Torbay has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Preston. We hold 1,005 applications in total for the TQ3 postcode area.

64% of amendment 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
TQ3 2BY
Application type
Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2009
Consultation expiry
8 June 2009
Consultation start
18 May 2009
Consultation end
8 June 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr M Pipe 10 Dendy Road Paignton Devon TQ4 5DB

Publicity

Last advertised
22 May 2009
Site notice start
22 May 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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.

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