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Knowle Court Hotel Kents Road Torquay TQ1 2NN

P/2025/0455Prior approval or notificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of Solar PV panels on existing flat roof area of the property.

Received
11 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wellswood
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Knowle Court Hotel Kents Road Torquay TQ1 2NN. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Lincombes conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Wellswood. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 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
TQ1 2NN
Application type
Prior approval or notification

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2025
Consultation expiry
24 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Simon Lebrasse 3-4 Vaughan Parade Torquay TQ2 5EG

Publicity

Last advertised
24 July 2025
Site notice start
24 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14169737
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lincombes
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.014Covers the site
  • SSSI: Kents Cavern SSSI
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Torbay

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