Planning application
Littlecourt Apartments 458 Babbacombe Road Torquay Devon TQ1 1HW
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Refurbishment and remodelling of flats; removal of condition2 to application P/2004/0042 - which required unit to be only occupied by resident owner/manager; removal of owners flat (retrospective)
As published by the council, reference P/2010/0922
Application record
- Reference
- P/2010/0922
- Type
- Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 10 Aug 2010
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2010
- Decided
- 23 Sep 2010
- Ward
- Wellswood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ1 1HW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Aug 2010
Received by Torbay
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23 Sep 2010
Decision issued: Approval
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5 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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