Planning application
Woodlands Parkham Road Brixham TQ5 9BU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use: establish use as dwellinghouse (use class C3).
As published by the council, reference P/2026/0141
Application record
- Reference
- P/2026/0141
- Type
- Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 9 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 8 May 2026
- Ward
- Furzeham With Summercombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TQ5 9BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Mar 2026
Received by Torbay
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8 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Torbay took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Co Create Architects Agent, an architecture practice
58 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 82% granted
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Torbay for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Torbay decided lawful development applications in a median of 78 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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P/2026/0415 Refused
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P/2026/0412 Granted
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