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155 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BE

P/2019/1124Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 15 June 2020

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of dwelling to form two self contained flats with associated works (amended plans received).

Received
23 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 224 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 155 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BE. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 236 days, 26 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Upton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 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
TQ1 4BE
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2019
Consultation expiry
13 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao D K Watson The Old Chandlery Baltic Wharf St Peters Quay Torquay TQ3 1AQ

Publicity

Last advertised
13 November 2019
Site notice start
13 November 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/2020/0033
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Allowed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Upton
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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