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Vane Tower 11 Vane Hill Road Torquay TQ1 2BZ

P/2026/0041Listed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 7 April 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of photovoltaic panels on garage. Please see P/2026/0040 PA.

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wellswood
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a garage at Vane Tower 11 Vane Hill Road Torquay TQ1 2BZ. Torbay has handled 130 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Torquay Harbour conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

97% of heritage 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 2BZ
Application type
Listed Building Consent

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Andrea Fox 4 Coldharbour Uffculme EX15 3EE

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Site notice start
5 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14634726

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Torquay Harbour
  • Listed building: Grade II: Vane Towers Villa LuganoOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1967.001Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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. 2026
    23 Jan

    Installation of photovoltaic panels on garage. Please see P/2026/0041

    RefusedApplicationPart ofP/2026/0040
  2. 2026
    23 Jan

    Installation of photovoltaic panels on garage. Please see P/2026/0040

    This applicationRefusedHeritageP/2026/0041

Source: Torbay

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