53 - 55 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8AG
Refused on 7 May 2024
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of retail space to form 2x 1-bed flats at first floor and 2x 1-bed flats at second floor. Erection of rear extension at second floor.
- Received
- 24 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- St Peters With St Marys
- ReceivedReceived24 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 53 - 55 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8AG. 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 Brixham Town conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 8AG
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 21 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Paul Green 34 Trumlands Road TORQUAY TQ1 4RN
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 21 February 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12749521
- Documents
- 39
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20242 Oct
Division of ground floor retail space into 2no. retail units. Formation of 2x 1-bed flats at first floor, 2x…
RefusedPlanning ApplicationP/2024/0680 - 20232 Oct
Variation of conditions in relation to P/2021/0449
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)P/2023/0856 - 202114 Apr
Conversion of retail space to form three residential flats at first and second floor levels.
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2021/0449 - 202126 Mar
Division of retail shop into two retail units, with internal and external alterations.
ApprovedPlanning ApplicationP/2021/0353
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