Agenda for Planning Committee on Monday, 20 July 2026, 5.30 pm

To confirm as a
correct record the Minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on
26 May 2026.

(a)      
To receive declarations of non
pecuniary interests in respect of items on this
agenda.

For
reference: Having declared their
non pecuniary interest members may
remain in the meeting and speak and, vote on the matter in
question. A completed disclosure of interests form should be
returned to the Clerk before the conclusion of the
meeting.

(b)      
To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary
interests in respect of items on this agenda.

For
reference: Where a Member has a
disclosable pecuniary interest he/she must leave the meeting during
consideration of the item. However, the Member may remain in the
meeting to make representations, answer questions or give evidence
if the public have a right to do so, but having done so the Member
must then immediately leave the meeting, may not vote and must not
improperly seek to influence the outcome of the matter. A completed
disclosure of interests form should be returned to the Clerk before
the conclusion of the meeting.

(Please Note: If Members and Officers wish to seek advice
on any potential interests they may have, they should contact
Governance Support or Legal Services prior to the
meeting.)

To
consider any other items that the Chairman decides are
urgent.

Construction of
1,997sqm retail unit (class E(a)), 186sqm coffee shop/ restaurant
(flexible Class E(b) and/or sui generis), with 136 space car
park to include 10 bay EV charging
facility, new service and emergency access road, landscaping and
associated works. 

Illuminated and non-illuminated
replacement signage & external lighting.
(Part Retrospective)

Illuminated and non-illuminated
replacement signage & external lighting. (Part Retrospective)

The
Planning Officer will present the application and set out the
officer’s recommendation.

Registered speakers will then be invited to address the
Committee in the following order: one objector to the application,
representative of the Neighbourhood Forum, non-Committee
Councillors, and finally one speaker in support of the application.
 Each speaker will be permitted to speak
for up to five minutes.  Members of the
Committee will then have the opportunity
to ask questions of the Planning Officer.

The
Chair will subsequently open the item for debate.  At the conclusion of the debate, the Chair will
call for a proposer and seconder.  Any
motion must be clearly stated in full, including all conditions and
reasons.

The
Chair will then confirm with the Planning Officer whether a period
for summing up is required.

If you wish to speak
on any applications shown on this agenda, please contact Governance
Support on 207087 or email governance.support@torbay.gov.uk before 11 am on the
day of the meeting.

We are
using hybrid meeting arrangements to give registered speakers the
opportunity to either attend the meeting in person to give their
views or to attend the meeting remotely via Zoom.  If you would like to attend the meeting remotely
to speak you will be provided with a Zoom link to join the
meeting.  We also ask that you provide a
copy of your speech to governance.support@torbay.gov.uk,
before 11 am on the day of the meeting, so that the Clerk will be
able to continue to read out your speech if you lose connection or
cannot be heard in the physical meeting.  Remote attendees who lose connection may still be
able to follow the meeting via the live stream on the
Council’s YouTube channel.

Councillors who are not members of the Planning Committee will
also be able to join the meeting via Zoom and must use their raise
hand function to declare any interests.

If Members consider
that site visits are required on any of the applications they are
requested to let Governance Support know by 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday,
15 July 2026.  Site visits will then
take place prior to the meeting of the Committee at a time to be
notified.

To
encourage more people to engage in our public meetings the Council
is trialling streaming our Planning Committee meetings on our
YouTube channel in addition to recording the meetings and
publishing the recording on our website.  To watch the meeting live please visit
https://www.youtube.com/user/torbaycouncil.

We are
also using hybrid meeting arrangements to enable registered
speakers to either attend the meeting in person or to attend the
meeting remotely via Zoom.  Anyone
attending the meeting remotely must register their intention
to do so by 11 am on the day of the meeting and provide
a copy of their speech to governance.support@torbay.gov.uk
by this deadline.  If anyone
attending the meeting remotely loses connection the meeting will
continue and their speech will be read
out by the Clerk and they will have the option to follow the
meeting via the YouTube live stream.