8 Windermere Road Torquay TQ1 3RF

1. 25 Sep 2025

   Received by Torbay

2. 29 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 13 Nov 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.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 100 Windsor Road Torquay TQ1 1SU

  P/2025/0579 Submitted 9 Sep 2025 60m 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

• 21 - 23 Carlton Road Torquay TQ1 1NA

  P/2026/0466 Submitted 24 Jul 2026 122m away

  73% historically approved · decision due ~18 Sep

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed: change of use from day nursery (use class E(f) to retail store (use class E(a)).

  Awaiting decision Lawful development

• 13 Quinta Road Torquay TQ1 3RJ

  P/2021/0529 Submitted 4 May 2021 180m away

  Extension to front porch. Two storey rear extension. Hip to gable conversion. Rear dormer with solar panels. Changes to fenestration.

  Refused Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 13 docs
  Small domestic

• 90 Warbro Road Torquay TQ1 3QZ

  P/2025/0530 Submitted 19 Aug 2025 196m away

  Construction of single storey flat roof rear extension.

  Granted Householder Extension
  Small domestic

• Abbot's Residential Care Home 74 Windsor Road Torquay TQ1 1SX

  P/2022/1104 Submitted 10 Oct 2022 200m away

  Change of use from residential care home to four separate dwellings.

  Granted Full applications 39 docs

• 43 St Georges Road Torquay TQ1 3QY

  AT/2025/0354 Submitted 24 Nov 2025 235m 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

• P/2026/0412 Granted

  South Devon Magistrates Court Union Street Torquay TQ1 4BP

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing operations undertaken to convert the building to form 14 residential apartments (as approved under P/2022/0969).

  3 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0360 Refused

  479 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 1HL

  Certificate of lawfulness existing: for building as HMO with 8 bedsits, two kitchens & two bathrooms.

  4 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0373 Refused

  Higher Yalberton Farm Yalberton Road Paignton TQ4 7PJ

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing: Retrospective temporary change of use of former agricultural building to ancillary residential accommodation in connection with construction of The Barn, together with installation of solar photovoltaic panels, replacement and insertion of windows and doors, associated operational development, building alterations, engineering works and ancillary development.

  9 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0505 Awaiting decision

  Maycliffe Hotel St Lukes Road North Torquay TQ2 5PD

  Establishment of use of property as hotel.

  11 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0468 Awaiting decision

  Marlow Wheatridge Lane Torquay TQ2 6RA

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use: Construction of garden room to side elevation to include cedar cladding.

  27 Jul 2026 Lawful development