Torquay Girls Grammar School 30 Shiphay Lane Torquay Torbay TQ2 7DY
Refused on 18 June 2018
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Monterey Cypress - Remove the top of the tree to a height of approx 10m. Been in decline for a number of years. Previous Tree surveys carried out show little signs of recovery. Winter 2017/18 has caused further/ severe damage to the tree and it is deemed to be a health and saftey issues in its current state. T23 on the maps and paperwork attached.
- Received
- 25 May 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Shiphay With The Willows
- Agent
- Doug Pratt Tree Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived25 May
- ValidatedValidated7 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Torquay Girls Grammar School 30 Shiphay Lane Torquay Torbay TQ2 7DY. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 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
- TQ2 7DY
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 June 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Doug Pratt Tree Consultancy
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2006.014Protected tree on or next to this site · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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