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High Gables The Tors Kingskerswell Devon TQ12 5DR

23/01573/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 4 October 2023

Council decision: TPO APPLICATION REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- london plane tree- removal due to evidential movement within the trees base. the tree has outgrown its current area and is causing major issues to the surroundings. T2- horse chestnut- crown reduction by upto 2 meters to the nearest growth point. the tree is showing signs of dieback.

Received
24 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kerswell-with-Combe
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at High Gables The Tors Kingskerswell Devon TQ12 5DR. Teignbridge has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Teignbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Kerswell-with-Combe. We hold 2,357 applications in total for the TQ12 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Teignbridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
TQ12 5DR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
KINGSKERSWELL

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2023
Last date for comments
29 September 2023
Target decision date
19 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Topp Tree Care
Agent address
22 Torquay Road Kingskerswell Newton Abbot TQ12 5EZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    2 Nov

    T1- london plane tree- removal (Revised 23/01573/TPO

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderRelated23/01965/TPO
  2. 2023
    24 Aug

    T1- london plane tree- removal due to evidential movement within the trees base. the tree has outgrown its…

    This applicationRefusedTrees23/01573/TPO

Source: Teignbridge

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