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Villa Romana Higher Warberry Road Torquay TQ1 1RZ

P/2025/0722Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition and re-build of home office.

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wellswood
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Villa Romana Higher Warberry Road Torquay TQ1 1RZ. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Warberries conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
TQ1 1RZ
Application type
Householder Application

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Alistair Brierley 16 Crownhill Park Torquay TQ2 5LN

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2025
Site notice start
4 December 2025

Appeal history

3367933
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 July 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14223755

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Warberries
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.012Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    11 Nov

    Demolition and re-build of home office.

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2025/0722
  2. No date

    Discharge of condition in relation to P/2025/0722

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCN/2026/0018

Source: Torbay

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