Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed23 September 20266006957

Land Rear Of 1A St James Road, Torquay, TQ1 4AZ

Planning appeal 6006957 at Land Rear Of 1A St James Road, Torquay, TQ1 4AZ (Torbay) was allowed on 23 September 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: effect of the proposed development on character and appearance of the area.

Technical details consent for demolition of buildings and development of 1 new dwelling

Authority
Torbay
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Postcode
TQ1 4AZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • effect of the proposed development on character and appearance of the area
  • effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of 1 and 3 St James Road, having particular regard to outlook, light and privacy

What decided it

The asymmetrical design and positioning of the dwelling, combined with the removal of the privacy-affecting window, ensured acceptable effects on character and appearance and neighbouring living conditions, allowing the appeal to succeed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DE1 (Torbay Local Plan 2015)Policy TH8 (Torquay Neighbourhood Plan 2019)Policy DE3 (Torbay Local Plan)Policy W1 (Torbay Local Plan)Policy NC1 (Torbay Local Plan)Policy ER3 (Torbay Local Plan)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

177 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Torbay

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Allowed19 June 20253354507
    Copythorne Road, Brixham, Torbay, Devon, TQ5 8PT
  2. Allowed15 January 20253344286
    8 Nut Tree Orchard, Brixham, Devon, TQ5 0AW
  3. Dismissed14 November 20243344353
    135 Grenville Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 6DW
  4. Allowed8 July 20243336614
    Land Rear of 9 - 17 Greenswood Rd , Brixham, Devon, TQ5 9HN
  5. Dismissed30 May 20243338155
    19 Elm Park, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 3QH

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.