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Hospice Rowcroft Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS

AT/2019/0135Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 7 August 2019

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Priority red. T 242; Fell asap. T 243; Fell asap. T 244; Fell asap. T 245; Fell within 3 months. T 303;Fell or reduce to a pole of 3-5 metres tall. T 305; Recommend removing upper canopy to leave free stem so it would not reach property opposite if it fell. T 308; Fell within 12 months. G 548; Fell within 3 months. T 66: Fencing off area beneath canopy highly recommended. Reduce the overall crown height by up to 3 metres and the overall crown spread by up to 6 metres. Pruning cuts are not to exceed 60-70 mm in diameter. T 241; Fell within 12 months. T 246; Fell within six months. T 251; Fell within 12 months. T 301; Clear Laurel around stem to enable access. T 302: Fell within 12 months. T 2; Phased reduction recommended in 2017 has not been carried out to date. G 248; Remove deadwood over road / path within 12 months. T 304: Reduce arched secondary lateral back to upright branch junction, long lever arm within 2 years. G 309; 4 trees to remove- to be marked on site. T 310; Recommend felling entire tree within 12 months Works are being undertaken in line with recommendations set out within the Devon Tree Services report DTS19.361.1.QTRA Report and indicated on the plan DTS19.361.1.QTRA

Received
11 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tormohun
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hospice Rowcroft Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. 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 Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Devon Tree Services
Agent address
Devon Tree Services Little Acre Ipplepen Newton Abbot TQ12 5TR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07923355
Comments
0
Documents
4

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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