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175 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA

P/2026/0149Cert. of Lawfulness - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 April 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from six-bed HMO to seven-bed HMO.

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Tormohun
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 175 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA. Torbay has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker 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.

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
TQ1 4BA
Application type
Cert. of Lawfulness - Proposed

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Paul Barkley 10 Whitchurch Avenue Exeter EX2 5NU

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14772836

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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