Cary Tower Cary Avenue Torquay TQ1 3QT

1. 27 Aug 2024

   Received by Torbay

2. 29 Aug 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 14 Oct 2024

   Decision issued: Application Withdrawn

4. 2 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The applicant withdrew this application before the council decided it, so it carries no planning weight and no fee refund is automatic. Withdrawal often follows officer feedback that a refusal was likely.

The applicant is free to submit a revised application at any time, and many withdrawn schemes return in amended form, so the site is worth watching if the proposal affected you.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden: extensions, loft and garage conversions, porches, outbuildings and similar alterations within the boundary of the home. They cannot be used to create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. Councils aim to decide them within eight weeks, and immediate neighbours are usually notified and given a chance to comment.

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• 127B Reddenhill Road Torquay TQ1 3NY

  P/2026/0489 Submitted 4 Aug 2026 82m away

  75% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  Change of use from tattoo studio to dog grooming salon.

  Awaiting decision Full applications

• 28 Lyme View Road Torquay TQ1 3TR

  P/2025/0633 Submitted 6 Oct 2025 93m away

  Formation of rear first floor extension with juliet balcony and pitched roof.

  Granted Householder Extension
  Domestic

• 19 Lyme View Road Torquay TQ1 3UJ

  P/2026/0120 Submitted 27 Feb 2026 160m away

  Creation of hardstanding to front (west elevation) and first floor extension with pitched roof over existing ground floor extension to the rear (east elevation) to include cladding and solar panels.

  Refused Householder Extension
  Domestic

• 43 St Georges Road Torquay TQ1 3QY

  AT/2025/0354 Submitted 24 Nov 2025 161m away

  Horse chestnut (T1) Proposed works: Crown lift of low branches to achieve a clearance of approximately 4m above ground level with cuts no larger than 50mm. Works are required to alleviate obstruction and encroachment onto the adjacent highway, driveway, garden, and property areas directly beneath the crown. Specification: All operations to be carried out in accordance with BS 3998:2010 (Tree Work ? Recommendations). Removal is limited to lower-order branches that impede access and damage the arrangement of first-order branches beneath the crown dripline. Works will maintain tree health and form, focusing on clearance rather than reduction. Supporting context: A similar consent was granted in 2015 due to the tree?s asymmetrical crown interfering with neighbouring vegetation. Current encroachment affects a well-established Japanese maple (SW) and Laurus hedge (E), both of which will benefit from reduced competition for light and space. Intervention will prevent further damage to the lower crown and improve coexistence with adjacent plantings. Reason for works: To ensure safe clearance above the highway and driveway, reduce interference with neighbouring vegetation, and maintain the long-term health and structural integrity of the tree.

  Granted Trees

• Cary Park Tennis Club Cary Avenue Torquay TQ1 3NQ

  P/2025/0790 Submitted 8 Dec 2025 180m away

  Erection of 3 x 6.7m lighting stanchions. Provision of 6 x LED luminaires to court 4 & provision of 1 x courtesy luminaire to court 5.

  Granted Other

• 52 Lyme View Road Torquay TQ1 3TR

  P/2024/0636 Submitted 18 Sep 2024 183m away

  Proposed garden room / home office in rear garden and erection of replacement timber fences (part retrospective)

  Granted Householder 13 docs
  Small domestic

• P/2026/0153 Withdrawn

  15 Mount Road Brixham TQ5 9SA

  Formation of flat roof first floor extension over existing extension at rear to include a juliet balcony.

  13 Mar 2026 Householder
• P/2025/0680 Granted

  12 Maple Road Brixham TQ5 0DG

  Single storey side extension (void below). New rear balcony with glass balustrading and new access steps to garden. New patio doors to rear, door replaced with window on SE elevation and new window on SW elevation.

  27 Oct 2025 Householder
• P/2026/0305 Granted

  39 Primley Park Paignton TQ3 3JS

  Construction of lower ground floor rear extension with roof terrace, lower ground floor pitched rear garden room and replacement of ground floor single storey side extension.

  8 May 2026 Householder
• P/2026/0405 Refused

  37 Kingsway Avenue Paignton TQ4 7AA

  Construction of single storey extension on front elevation (SW).

  26 Jun 2026 Householder
• P/2026/0230 Granted

  18 Thorne Park Road Torquay TQ2 6RX

  Construction of single storey combined side and rear extension.

  10 Apr 2026 Householder