Higher Yalberton Farm Yalberton Road Paignton TQ4 7PJ
Refused on 12 August 2026
Council decision: Refusal
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing: Retrospective temporary change of use of former agricultural building to ancillary residential accommodation in connection with construction of The Barn, together with installation of solar photovoltaic panels, replacement and insertion of windows and doors, associated operational development, building alterations, engineering works and ancillary development.
- Received
- 9 June 2026
- Council
- Torbay Council
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Higher Yalberton Farm Yalberton Road Paignton TQ4 7PJ. Torbay has handled 4,663 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 416 applications in total for the TQ4 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- TQ4 7PJ
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Barn, Linhay and Stable South of Higher Yalberton FarmhouseOn or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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