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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
Refused As published: 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

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Appeal: AP/2026/0029 (Appeal In Progress)

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Avalon Planning and Heritage Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

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What this refusal means

Torbay refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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