Planning application
32 Ranscombe Road Brixham TQ5 9UP
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of conditions relating to P/2025/0393 (Formation of rear single storey extension and rear facing dormer. Other works include internal reconfigurations, relocated front door and amended front garden to form driveway with dropped kerbs.) Conditions: P1 Approved Plans and 01 Materials to Match. Variation sought: Raise extension floor so level with existing ground floor, and roof so ceiling height not compromised. Height of decking raised in line with extension.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0684
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0684
- Type
- Variation of Condition Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 28 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 28 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ward
- St Peters With St Marys
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ5 9UP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Oct 2025
Received by Torbay
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7 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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 a grant of permission means
The process from here
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.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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