Norbreck Guest House 35 New Street Paignton TQ3 3HL

P/2025/0792Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision

Full

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from guest house to four self contained apartments.

Received: 9 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: Roundham With Hyde
Agent: Darren Law Architecture

ReceivedReceived9 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Norbreck Guest House 35 New Street Paignton TQ3 3HL. Torbay has handled 2,035 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Old Paignton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Roundham With Hyde. We hold 1,005 applications in total for the TQ3 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: TQ3 3HL
Application type: Planning Application

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Darren Law Architecture
Architect profile: DARREN LAW ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address: 81 Steed Close Paignton TQ4 7SP United Kingdom

Publicity

Last advertised: 8 January 2026
Site notice start: 8 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14548293

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Old Paignton
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Torbay

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