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Pavement O/S Primark 27-33 Union Street Torquay TQ1 1ES

P/2025/0619Regulation 4 Application - TorbayRefused

Refused on 1 December 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The installation of 1x BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones. (See accompanying AD P/2025/0620)

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Pavement O/S Primark 27-33 Union Street Torquay TQ1 1ES. Torbay has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 postcode area.

84% of all 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 1ES
Application type
Regulation 4 Application - Torbay

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Lewis Baldwin TSOC Pacific House Atlas Park Simonsway Wythenshawe M22 5PR United Kingdom

Publicity

Site notice start
16 October 2025

Appeal history

6003922
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 May 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14357465

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: Lower Union Lane Office Block, TorquayRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    30 Sep

    The installation of 1x BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones. (See accompanying AD P/2025/0620

    This applicationRefusedOtherP/2025/0619
  2. 2025
    30 Sep

    2 x digital 75" illuminated LCD display screens, one each side of Street Hub unit. (See accompanying R4…

    RefusedAdvertisement consentPart ofP/2025/0620

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