Planning application
St Edmunds Hotel 25 Sands Road Paignton TQ4 6EG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from guest house to dwelling.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0768
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0768
- Type
- Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 26 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Roundham With Hyde
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ4 6EG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
1 Dec 2025
Received by Torbay
-
26 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
26 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approval
-
26 Aug 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Torbay granted permission on 26 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
St Edmunds House 25 Sands Road Paignton Devon TQ4 6EG
Remove part front wall and formation of driveway/parking bays with access off Sands Road
Granted Full applications 8 docs -
39 Sands Road Paignton TQ4 6EG
Temporary supported accommodation for the YMCA (sui generis use) (updated description and plans received 20/09/2024).
Refused Full applications 42 docs -
1 St Andrews Road Paignton TQ4 6HA
Construction of single storey extension to rear.
Granted Householder ExtensionSmall domestic -
1 St Andrews Road Paignton TQ4 6HA
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey extension to rear.
Refused Lawful development ExtensionSmall domestic -
41 Sands Road Paignton TQ4 6EG
Change of use from use class C1 guest house with owners accommodation to (Sui Generis) large HMO for YMCA supported housing.
Refused Full applications 37 docs -
8 Belle Vue Road Paignton TQ4 6ER
Non Material Amendment to application P/2022/1089. Amendment sought: The development will not result in any increase in impermeable area, therefore no requirement for FRA condition should be applied.
Granted Amendments 3 docs
Other full applications
In Torbay
-
P/2026/0422 Granted
Living Coasts Beacon Quay Torquay TQ1 2BG
Installation of 4 x windows and associated shutters to ground floor west elevation. (Retrospective)
-
P/2026/0157 Granted
4-6 Berachah Road Torquay TQ1 3AX
Retention of part of commercial unit, currently vacant store areas, and conversion of remaining area to two-bedroom flat with associated facilities.
-
P/2026/0381 Granted
St Michael's Academy Fisher Street Paignton TQ4 5EW
Retention of temporary classrooms previously approved under application ref: P/2025/0399 until January 2028.
-
P/2026/0532 Awaiting decision
41 Totnes Road Paignton TQ4 5LA
Change of use from ambulance offices (use class E) to residential institution as adult respite centre (use class C2) to include construction of single storey extension to rear and associated works.
-
P/2026/0271 Withdrawn
15 Scarborough Road Torquay TQ2 5UJ
Change of use from C1 (guesthouse) to C4 (six-bed HMO) with no external alterations. Existing self-contained basement flat retained as C3 dwelling. No building works proposed.