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Le Papillion 18 Vansittart Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BW

P/2009/0937Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 December 2009

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use as backpackers hostel (retrospective)

Received
10 September 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Le Papillion 18 Vansittart Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5BW. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 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 5BW
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2009
Consultation expiry
25 November 2009
Consultation start
4 November 2009
Consultation end
25 November 2009
Committee meeting
21 December 2009

Publicity

Last advertised
6 November 2009
Site notice start
6 November 2009

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    18 Jan

    Cypress (T1) Fell: Excessive shading and size incompatible with its position adjacent to this building, and…

    ApprovedWorks To Tree Within CAAT/2023/0013
  2. 2022
    26 Sep

    Demolition and replacement of boundary wall.

    ApprovedHouseholderP/2022/1058
  3. 2022
    1 Apr

    Reduce the height of most of the split trunks of the laurel and bay on the southern boundary to a height more…

    ApprovedWorks To Tree Within CAAT/2022/0077
  4. 2019
    4 Nov

    Single storey extension to side and single storey extension to front (amended plans received)

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2019/1175
  5. 2008
    9 Sep

    Alterations and extensions to form 8 residential apartments and 1 owners (9 in total) (revised scheme)

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2008/1256
  6. 2007
    15 Nov

    Alterations And Extensions To Form 8 Residential Apartments And 1 Owners (9 In Total)

    RefusedPlanning ApplicationP/2007/1910

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