Lydford House Barcombe Heights Paignton Devon TQ3 1PU
Refused on 3 April 2013
Council decision: Refused With AlternativeDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Beech -Fell. Reason: Part of crown growing over the roof of property, making maintenance to the property difficult.T2 - Oak - Fell. Reason: Hampering view from property, also the tree was heavily reduced by previous occupant and remaining growth emanates from old pruning wound. Most of the new growth hangs over the bank and leans towards the dwellings at the bottom of the slopex - Monterey Pine - Fell - Reason: top of the tree is dead and is a threat to the corner of the house.
- Received
- 30 January 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Agent
- Devon Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Apr
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Lydford House Barcombe Heights Paignton Devon TQ3 1PU. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,005 applications in total for the TQ3 postcode area.
87% of trees applications at Torbay Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TQ3 1PU
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Devon Tree Services
- Agent address
- Little Acre Ipplepen Newton Abbot TQ12 5TR
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Dismissed
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1979.003Part of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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Associated applications
- 201330 Jan
T1 - Monterey Pine - Fell - Reason: top of the tree is dead and is a threat to the corner of the house.
WithdrawnWorks To Tree-Dead And DangerousFiled alongsideAT/2013/0036 - 201330 Jan
T1 - Beech -Fell. Reason: Part of crown growing over the roof of property, making maintenance to the property…
This applicationRefusedTreesAT/2013/0042
Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Feb
T1- turkey oak- reduction as per specs listed in the attached survey
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2025/0052 - 202416 Sep
T1- beech tree- fell- the trees spacial relationship with house is to be considered unacceptable this is due…
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2024/0244 - 202316 May
T0068- Turkey oak- Selectively sympatheticly prune overhanging lateral branches over the property by 1.5 to 2…
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2023/0146 - 202320 Feb
T0068- Turkey Oak- the tree has not been managed in previous years and very minimal pruning has been carried…
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2023/0049 - 202112 Jan
T1 Oak - full crown reduction to a maximum of 4 meters. Tree has recently succumbed to recent storms losing…
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2021/0014 - 20181 Aug
Beech (T1) - Dismantle to ground level. Because T1 is causing the neighbouring Oak (T2) to grow one sided…
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2018/0182 - 201311 Sep
T1 - Beech - Reduce away from house to maintain a clearance of 3m
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2013/0240 - 201217 May
Demolish deck and construction of new extended deck structure
ApprovedHouseholderP/2012/0513
Source: Torbay
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