The Gate House Cecil Avenue Paignton TQ3 1LW
Approved on 6 October 2020
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Oak T1 - fell. Tree is in decline, excessive die back in crown, over shadowed by specimen Beech. Low amenity value & growing out of large bank over house below.
- Received
- 7 August 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Preston
- ReceivedReceived7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated10 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Oct
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Gate House Cecil Avenue Paignton TQ3 1LW. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Preston. 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 1LW
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 August 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Staple Orchard Dartington Totnes TQ9 6FJ England
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1979.003Covers the site · +1 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202017 Jun
Remove 2 lower branches from Turkey Oak (T1) on house side, thin canopy by 15% and trim branches off…
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2020/0164 - 201317 Oct
T1 Turkey Oak - Crown lift on all sides up to first crown break at approx. 6 metres & Secondary branches…
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2013/0277 - 20104 Jun
T1: Turkey Oak- Remove 2 lowest primary branches over road and drive.
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2010/0134
Source: Torbay
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