Planning application
53 - 55 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8AG
Works: New dwelling Extension
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Division of ground floor retail space into 2no. retail units. Formation of 2x 1-bed flats at first floor, 2x 1-bed flats at second floor and 1x 2-bed flat at third floor to include extension to rear and roof conversion.
As published by the council, reference P/2024/0680
Application record
- Reference
- P/2024/0680
- Type
- Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal
- Received
- 2 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2024
- Decided
- 25 Nov 2024
- Ward
- St Peters With St Marys
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ5 8AG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Torbay register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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P/2021/0449 Granted
53 - 55 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8AG
Conversion of retail space to form three residential flats at first and second floor levels.
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P/2021/0353 Granted
53 - 55 Fore Street Brixham TQ5 8AG
Division of retail shop into two retail units, with internal and external alterations.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Oct 2024
Received by Torbay
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7 Oct 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Nov 2024
Decision issued: Refusal
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16 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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