Planning application
480 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 1HN
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from business to residential accommodation.
As published by the council, reference P/2024/0630
Application record
- Reference
- P/2024/0630
- Type
- Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refusal
- Received
- 17 Sep 2024
- Validated
- 17 Sep 2024
- Decided
- 12 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Wellswood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ1 1HN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2024
Received by Torbay
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12 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Refusal
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23 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 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 refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
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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