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2 - 4 South Street Torquay TQ2 5AB

P/2024/0391Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 September 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use/conversion of building to four residential flats, two storey extension, alterations to roof including raising roof and eaves, new windows and doors, formation of covered access, alterations to front elevation and associated works.

Received
10 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 - 4 South Street Torquay TQ2 5AB. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Tormohun conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 5AB
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2024
Consultation expiry
31 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr R Howes 97 Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2SE

Publicity

Last advertised
31 July 2024
Site notice start
31 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tormohun
  • 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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© 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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