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64 Southfield Avenue Paignton TQ3 1LQ
Changes to fenestration, demolition of existing garage, erection of a single storey extension to side and rear to include rooflights and canopy over, formation of a patio area and construction of rais
33A New Road Brixham TQ5 8NB
Change of use of garage to affordable residential unit. Alterations to fenestration.
Land Adjacent To St Boniface House Belfield Road Paignton TQ3 3UZ
Installation of 12m light wooded pole.
41 Totnes Road Paignton TQ4 5LA
Change of use from ambulance offices (use class E) to residential institution as adult respite centre (use class C2) to include construction of single storey extension to rear and associated works.
Land Adjacent To 18 Belfield Road Paignton TQ3 3UZ
Installation of 12m light wooded pole.
Babbacombe Cliff Beach Road Torquay TQ1 3LY
T004 Holm oak - Previous stem failure at 1m with decay established in remaining stems however appears relatively confined at present; smaller stem weighted towards low use seating area, failure of whi
5 Overgang Road Brixham TQ5 8AP
Removal of upvc french doors, widen opening and installation of slim line aluminium bi-folding doors at ground floor. Enlargement of second floor balcony.
Kismet Castle Gardens Castle Road Torquay TQ1 3BQ
T1 - Dead tree in the rear garden, species unknown. The tree is located in the garden of KISMET, close to the boundary with the neighbouring property. It is the dead tree shown in the attached photogr
Villa St Christopher Hesketh Road Torquay TQ1 2LN
T1 ? Horse Chestnut: Fell to ground level. The tree is growing directly on top of a loose, failing stone wall, with roots displacing the structure and voids forming beneath the root plate. The wall no
9 Marlborough Avenue Torquay TQ1 1TT
T1 Yew is highly tolerant of pruning, responds well to cyclical management, and retains good vitality and crown density after reduction. A modest 1.5?m crown reduction on a 5-year cycle is therefore p
Green Oaks 1 Rooklands Avenue Torquay TQ1 4DG
Construction of single storey extension with pitched roof and formation of parking space to front. [Details amended 24/8/2026]
Lynway Court St Marychurch Road Torquay TQ1 3JP
T003 ? Mature lime: Pollard to the main crown break, retaining the main stem and permanent primary scaffold framework. Thereafter manage as a cyclical pollard, with re-pollarding anticipated approxima
Craig Ilsham Marine Drive Torquay TQ1 2HT
Fell T6 Pine, 80% of the crown is dead, with very little live foliage remaining. The tree is in terminal decline and directly threatens both houses and gardens to the south, creating an unacceptable r
31 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 3SB
Installation of 1 x illuminated fascia sign with integrated projecting hologram display (Retrospective).
McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Yalberton Road Paignton TQ4 7PE
Refurbishment of restaurant, including new access door and corresponding new access link and pedestrian crossing, with associated works.
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When Torbay Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Torbay Council, raw rate
31.8%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.7%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
1.1 percentage points above expected. Torbay Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
585 appeals counted, 553 judged either way (176 allowed, 377 dismissed), 32 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 268 | 262 | 70 | 26.7% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 224 | 218 | 91 | 41.7% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 27 | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | 13.5% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 20 | 17 | 6 | 35.3% | 20.6% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 16 | 10 | 3 | 30% | 25% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 10 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 36.9% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 33.3% |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | 4 | 4 | 0 | Too few judged | 27.6% |
| High Hedges | 4 | 2 | 0 | Too few judged | 28.5% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 2 | 2 | 1 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Common Land | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Environmental | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Developers pay into planning obligations at Torbay Council, each sum tied to a purpose written into the agreement. The council's own register records what has been collected, what has been spent and what is left.
Torbay Council's register publishes what it has collected but does not report an Available figure, so we do not show one. The collected figure above is the register's own total.
| Purpose | Collected |
|---|---|
| Highways and transport | £7,119,314 |
| Education | £4,522,045 |
| Affordable housing | £3,454,833 |
| Sport and leisure | £2,887,235 |
| Biodiversity and ecology | £1,542,829 |
| Employment and skills | £650,862 |
| Public realm and heritage | £347,914 |
| Health and social care | £309,314 |
| Community safety | £306,492 |
| Carbon and energy | £207,535 |
| Flood and drainage | £194,531 |
| Waste and recycling | £143,835 |
| Community facilities | £140,000 |
| Monitoring and administration | £117,574 |
| Other local categories | £78,726 |
Source: Torbay Council's Section 106 register, read on 27 August 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own covenant wording, which differs between authorities. Wording that is specific to this council, such as the name of a local fund, is grouped under other local categories.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Torbay Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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