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22 Polsham Park Paignton TQ3 2AD

AT/2020/0344Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 4 January 2021

Council decision: Part allowed/part refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Oak (T1) - Crown lift to 3.5m, up to boundary. To increase head room at end of drive way. Conifer (T2) - 30% reduction in height, 10% reduction in width, crown lift up to 2.2m. To allow more light through to ground flat. Conifer (T2) (Alternative Works) - Full removal, section fell. To allow continuous light to ground flat. Lime (T3) - Crown lift to 3.5m, up to boundary. To increase head room whilst walking round garden. Bay (T4) - Full removal, section fell. To allow a stair case to be built for safer access to ground floor flat. Palm (T5) - Full removal, section fell. To allow a stair case to be built for safer access to ground floor flat.

Received
2 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Roundham With Hyde
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 22 Polsham Park Paignton TQ3 2AD. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Polsham Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Roundham With Hyde. 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 2AD
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Flat 1, 4 Rathmore Road Torquay TQ2 6NY

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09212853
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Polsham
  • Article 4 direction: Polsham
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1984.003Covers the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Torbay

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