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Victoria Centre And Victoria Square Parkside Road Paignton TQ4 6PE

P/2026/0043Regulation 3 Application - TorbayApproved

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Temporary change of use from commercial and a public square to a surface car park (Sui Generis) for a 5-year period, resurfacing of site and associated works. (The proposed development to which the application relates is situated within 10 metres of relevant railway land).

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Roundham With Hyde
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Victoria Centre And Victoria Square Parkside Road Paignton TQ4 6PE. Torbay has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Roundham With Hyde. We hold 416 applications in total for the TQ4 postcode area.

84% of all 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
TQ4 6PE
Application type
Regulation 3 Application - Torbay

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Ben Naughton 12A The Triangle Teignmouth TQ14 8AT United Kingdom

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14647689

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
  • Brownfield land register: Victoria Square/Multi Storey Car Park, PaigntonRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Jan

    Temporary change of use from commercial and a public square to a surface car park (Sui Generis) for a 5-year…

    This applicationApprovedOtherP/2026/0043
  2. No date

    Discharge of Conditions relating to application P/2026/0043

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCN/2026/0049

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