Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

175 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA

Granted Torbay P/2025/0797 Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use: establish use of house as HMO for six residents.

As published by the council, reference P/2025/0797

Application record

Reference
P/2025/0797
Type
Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Approval
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Decided
3 Mar 2026
Ward
Tormohun
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TQ1 4BA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Received by Torbay

  2. 3 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Approval

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy

37 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 73% granted

Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.

See who's behind it

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 documents

What 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 lawful development applications

How this application type works

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

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 175 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA

    P/2026/0149 Submitted 12 Mar 2026 0m away

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from six-bed HMO to seven-bed HMO.

    Refused Lawful development

  • 177 Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BA

    P/2021/0342 Submitted 24 Mar 2021 5m away

    Change of Use from 7 bed HMO to 2 bed maisonette & 1 ground floor flat.

    Granted Full applications 16 docs

  • Ground Floor 18 Upton Hill Torquay TQ1 3EW

    P/2021/0712 Submitted 26 May 2021 65m away

    Change of Use from Domestic Storage to Flat.

    Refused Full applications 12 docs

  • 5 St James Road Torquay TQ1 4AZ

    P/2021/0383 Submitted 31 Mar 2021 69m away

    First floor rear extension over existing flat roof.

    Granted Householder Extension 13 docs
    Domestic

  • Coach Station Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BD

    P/2025/0653 Submitted 13 Oct 2025 70m away

    Variation of condition in relation to P/2021/0765 (Demolition of existing coach station building, cafe and toilets and creation of 5 new commercial light industrial units (Use Classes E(g) and E(c). Erection of public toilet, 3 new coach bays and associated public realm (as amended)): Condition 17 - (Hours of delivery). Variation sought: To allow deliveries between hours of 07:00 and 22:00 Monday to Saturday, and deliveries not permitted on Sundays and Bank Holidays; amendment to Condition P1 (remediation of anomalies).

    Granted Amendments Demolition

  • Coach Station Lymington Road Torquay TQ1 4BD

    P/2023/0333 Submitted 13 Apr 2023 70m away

    Non-Material Amendment relating to application P/2021/0765. Amendment sought: Minor adjustments to floorplate, roof angles, ridge heights and eaves heights.

    Granted Amendments 14 docs

In Torbay

  • 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