South West · District
Torbay
Torbay approved 87.1% of the applications it decided, 0.1% above the England average.
Approved
87.1%
England 87%
Decided on time
84.9%
Inside the statutory period
Applications a year
693
Decided in the reporting year
Against the country
More permissive than the average.
The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).
Torbay
87.1%
England
87%
Standard-method local housing need: 599 dwellings a year.
The rules here
What this authority decides against.
An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.
| Local plan | Torbay Local Plan (2012) |
| Community Infrastructure Levy | Charging schedule adopted |
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What Wren does here
12.9% of applications here are refused.
Torbay decided 693 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 12.9% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.
Wren drafts against Torbay Local Plan (2012), a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Torbay's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.
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