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28 - 30 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8DS

P/2023/0495Prior approval or notificationDecided
Outline / PiP

Decided on 5 January 2024

Council decision: Non determined CUDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of 1st floor retail unit to two residential units.

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St Peters With St Marys
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 28 - 30 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8DS. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. The site is in the Brixham Town conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across St Peters With St Marys. We hold 769 applications in total for the TQ5 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
TQ5 8DS
Application type
Prior approval or notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2023
Consultation expiry
15 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Luke Hawkins Highgarden Brook Street, North Newton Spaxton Bridgwater TA7 0BL United Kingdom

Publicity

Last advertised
15 November 2023
Site notice start
15 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12217682
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Brixham Town
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

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.

Source: Torbay

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