90 Warbro Road Torquay TQ1 3QZ

1. 19 Aug 2025

   Received by Torbay

2. 21 Aug 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 31 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Approval

4. 12 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

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.

More on householder applications in our guide

• 43 St Georges Road Torquay TQ1 3QY

  AT/2025/0354 Submitted 24 Nov 2025 97m 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 177m 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

• Spire College Westlands Lane Torquay TQ1 3PE

  P/2023/0258 Submitted 15 Mar 2023 180m away

  Replacement of canopy with enlarged and enclosed design.

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• 100 Windsor Road Torquay TQ1 1SU

  P/2025/0579 Submitted 9 Sep 2025 185m away

  Change of use from ten-bedroom hotel to ten-bedroom HMO with alteration. Replacement of windows and doors. Removal of modern porch. Reinstatement of original front door opening.

  Refused Full applications Extension Windows or glazing
  Small domestic

• Gorswen Devons Road Torquay TQ1 3PR

  P/2024/0509 Submitted 29 Jul 2024 190m away

  Construction of Garden Building for home office/Studio incidental to the use of the host dwelling.

  Granted Lawful development 2 docs
  Domestic

• 8 Windermere Road Torquay TQ1 3RF

  P/2025/0606 Submitted 25 Sep 2025 196m away

  Construction of single storey extension.

  Granted Lawful development Extension
  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