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Tor Lodge Tor Vale Torquay TQ1 4EB

Refused Torbay P/2025/0827 Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing: HMO for 9 occupants (Sui Generis).

As published by the council, reference P/2025/0827

Application record

Reference
P/2025/0827
Type
Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refusal
Received
19 Dec 2025
Validated
19 Dec 2025
Decided
13 Mar 2026
Ward
Tormohun
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TQ1 4EB

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Dec 2025

    Received by Torbay

  2. 13 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal

  3. 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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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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

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