Planning application
26-37 Coleridge Court Pafford Close Torquay TQ2 8BU
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Energy retrofitting of existing homes including externally insulating existing structure, replacing existing boilers with heat pumps, replacing existing windows and doors and fitting PV panels to roofs.
As published by the council, reference P/2022/1230
Application record
- Reference
- P/2022/1230
- Type
- Cert. of Lawfulness - Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 11 Nov 2022
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 3 Feb 2023
- Ward
- Barton With Watcombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ2 8BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2022
Received by Torbay
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3 Feb 2023
Decision issued: Approval
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 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 lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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