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Land Off St Mary's Road Brixham TQ5 9QH

P/2023/0553Major Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 February 2025

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing industrial buildings and erection of 28 residential dwellings (22 open market and 6 affordable) together with access, landscaping and associated works on land to the north and south of St Mary's Road. (Revised documents received 30/9/2024)

Received
22 June 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
64
Ward
St Peters With St Marys
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 580 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land Off St Mary's Road Brixham TQ5 9QH. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 593 days, 77 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. 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.

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
TQ5 9QH
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
28

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2023
Consultation expiry
12 July 2023
Committee meeting
3 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Russel Dodge 1 Riverside House Heron Way Newham Truro Cornwall TR1 2XN

Publicity

Last advertised
12 July 2023
Site notice start
12 July 2023

Appeal history

3368343
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 5 December 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12192823
Documents
186

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Beverley Court, Upton Manor Road, BrixhamRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Torbay

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