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175 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA

P/2025/0797Cert. of Lawfulness - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use: establish use of house as HMO for six residents.

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Tormohun
Agent
Exeter Planning
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 175 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA. Torbay has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

64% of amendment 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 4BA
Application type
Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Exeter Planning
Agent address
10 Whitchurch Avenue Exeter EX2 5NU

Publicity

Site notice start
1 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14546772

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)Part of the site
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.

Source: Torbay

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