Planning application
Brookside Guest House 160 New Road Brixham TQ5 8DA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from (C1) guest house to (C3) Residential dwelling.
As published by the council, reference P/2020/0160
Application record
- Reference
- P/2020/0160
- Type
- Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 13 Feb 2020
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2020
- Decided
- 7 Dec 2020
- Ward
- Furzeham With Summercombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ5 8DA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2020
Received by Torbay
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31 Jul 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Dec 2020
Decision issued: Approval
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16 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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.
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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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