Planning application
522 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 1HH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Formation of replacement garage.
As published by the council, reference P/2023/0281
Application record
- Reference
- P/2023/0281
- Type
- Householder Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 28 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 28 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 4 May 2023
- Ward
- Wellswood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ1 1HH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Torbay register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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AT/2023/0012 Granted
522 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 1HH
Please see Aspect Tree Consultancy document 05894 TPO Applic 9.1.23 for details of work to be undertaken and reasons for the proposed works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Mar 2023
Received by Torbay
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4 May 2023
Decision issued: Approval
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8 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Torbay granted permission on 4 May 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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