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79A Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2SE

P/2025/0598Approved

Approved on 1 December 2025

Council decision: Approval

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from C3 dwelling house to C4 HMO for 6 individuals. Internal alterations, removal of existing rear dormer and replaced with wider flat roof dormer. Installation of Velux rooflight on West elevation, widening of 1st floor entrance to create shower/WC rooms & removal of existing flat roof skylights to rear and reinstate flat roof covering.

Received
22 September 2025
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 70 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a dormer extension at 79A Torquay Road Paignton TQ3 2SE. Torbay has handled 4,663 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,005 applications in total for the TQ3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TQ3 2SE

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
THAT'S THE PLAN LTD

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

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