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Rear Of 17 Westhill Road Torquay TQ1 4PE

AT/2021/0159Works To Tree-Dead And DangerousApproved

Approved on 30 April 2021

Council decision: Works exemptDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

We have been instructed by an insurance company to cut and clear an uprooted tree at the rear of no 17 Westhill Rd, Torquay TQ1 4PE. The fallen tree has also damaged x1 small Ash and x1 mature Sycamore. We would like to remove the Ash to ground level and reduce the defective limbs on the Sycamore.

Received
29 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Marychurch
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rear Of 17 Westhill Road Torquay TQ1 4PE. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 8 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across St Marychurch. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 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
TQ1 4PE
Application type
Works To Tree-Dead And Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Teign Trees
Agent address
Clearwater Bishopsteignton Road Teignmouth TQ14 9PH

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1998.008Part of the site
  • 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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