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9 New Road Brixham TQ5 8LZ

Awaiting decision Torbay P/2026/0393 Planning Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use from existing shop unit (Use Class E) to self-contained one-bedroom residential dwelling (use Class C3), including internal reconfiguration and minor external alterations.

As published by the council, reference P/2026/0393

Application record

Reference
P/2026/0393
Type
Planning Application
Status
Registered
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Furzeham With Summercombe
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TQ5 8LZ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Received by Torbay

  2. 18 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 October 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.

Documents

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

Documents on file for this application

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What 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 full applications in a median of 119 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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