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Banksea Hotel 51 Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LG

P/2025/0840Prior approval or notificationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from commercial, business & service (use Class E) to dwellinghouses (use Class C3).

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Banksea Hotel 51 Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LG. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Torre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
TQ2 5LG
Application type
Prior approval or notification

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Site notice start
22 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14566112

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Torre
  • Brownfield land register: Bancourt Hotel, Avenue Road, TorquayRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

Source: Torbay

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