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Rowcroft Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS

AT/2019/0001Works To Tree-Dead And DangerousApproved

Approved on 15 February 2019

Council decision: Works exemptDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

5 Day Dead/ Dangerous Notification Please be advised that we intend to carry out the following works under Section 14 of The Town and Country Planning Tree Preservation Regulations 2012 Species: Maple T1 Cypress T2 Works: Maple T1 Dismantle to leave a 5 metre stump. Cypress T2 Dismantle to near ground level.

Received
2 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cockington With Chelston
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rowcroft Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Cockington With Chelston. 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 5LS
Application type
Works To Tree-Dead And Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Devon Tree Services

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1974.016Part of the site · +4 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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Planning history at this site

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    24 Jul

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  2. 2026
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  3. 2026
    5 May

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  4. 2026
    10 Feb

    T1: Mature Holm Oak: Crown reduce the height and lateral spread by approximately 3 - 3.5 metres, pruning…

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  5. 2026
    22 Jan

    T1 - x1 Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) Proposed works: Re-pollard the tree to approximately 6 metres above ground…

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  6. 2025
    23 Oct

    T0061 - 1x Mature Beech Tree Sectionally dismantle the tree to leave a retained 4.0 metre monolith, utilising…

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