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P/2026/0526 - Major Planning Application Registered
Commercial & major worksDemolitionUtility infrastructureCommercial premises

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings, removal of public car park, construction of 2no. shellfish and fish processing buildings (Use Class B2) which include associated ancillary workspaces, public realm works, seawater inlet and outlet facilities, related infrastructure and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Validated
4 Sept 2026
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Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 29 Oct 2026 and 15 Nov 2026, from Torbay's recent commercial premises.

The consultation period closed on 1 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Brixham Town conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Kingswear to Lyme Regis about 12 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 210 m away: World War II Emergency Coastal Battery and remains of a Victorian practice battery, at Battery Gardens; Special area of conservation about 424 m away: Lyme Bay and Torbay; National landscape about 334 m away: South Devon; Inside the Brixham built-up area; Priority habitat about 44 m away: Maritime cliff and slope.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Torbay
Application type
Major Planning Application
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
Furzeham With Summercombe
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Committee
Agent
Turley

Decision outlook

Day 35 of the 56-day target. Torbay usually decides commercial premises by day 63.

Day 3528 days to the predicted decision (day 63)
45%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
41decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Torbay in the last twelve months, from validation. Torbay decision record →

Public comments

27comments received
25 objecting2 neutral

93% object · above the UK average of 74%

115 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15097953
Planning Portal ref
PP-15097953
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Single storey, split level extension to rear and single storey side extension
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2023 Refused
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2020 Approved
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Formation of raised terrace to rear.
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Torbay
Planning Authority Score
1.9/10
Poor
#276 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Torbay is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #276 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Torbay decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #183 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #197 of 296
37%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #276 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #247 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
53 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
44 decided
529
Total decisions
68 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings