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Churston Cottage Bascombe Road Brixham TQ5 0JS

P/2025/0547Refused

Refused on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Removal of hedgerow and bank to form gated driveway with self-draining finish. The proposed development to which the application relates is situated within 10 metres of relevant railway land.

Received
27 August 2025
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 147 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Churston Cottage Bascombe Road Brixham TQ5 0JS. Torbay has handled 4,663 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 769 applications in total for the TQ5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TQ5 0JS

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
RGS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Appeal history

6007515
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 May 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1986.003Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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