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Seascape Hotel 8-10 Tor Church Road Torquay TQ2 5UT

Awaiting decision Torbay P/2026/0177 Major Planning Application

Works: New dwelling Extension Demolition Major scheme

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Proposal

Conversion and extension of hotel and ancillary garage into 29 residential apartments, including demolition of parts of existing buildings, alterations to the facades of the buildings and accesses, construction of additional residential floorspace above the ancillary garage, parking provision and other associated works.

As published by the council, reference P/2026/0177

Application record

Reference
P/2026/0177
Type
Major Planning Application
Status
Registered
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Ward
Tormohun
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
TQ2 5UT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Mar 2026

    Received by Torbay

  2. 1 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 22 June 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. 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.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Torbay for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Torbay decided full applications in a median of 105 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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