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Park House Lower Polsham Road Paignton TQ3 2BA

AT/2021/0354Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 11 January 2022

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

SEE TREE REPORT FOR FULL DETAILS T1 - Holm Oak - Sectional Dismantle, fell and remove to ground level T2 - Holm Oak - Sectional Dismantle, fell and remove to ground level T3 - Holm Oak - Crown lift over road to a height of 5m. Crown reduce overall by removing approximately 2 metres from branch tips. All pruning cuts to be made at suitable growth points. 10% thinning of inner canopy and removal of dead and decaying branches. To Mitigate the tree removal we would like to re-plant with the same species tree x 2 Holm Oak - 45 litre pots - 2.5 metres in height.

Received
27 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Roundham With Hyde
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Park House Lower Polsham Road Paignton TQ3 2BA. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Polsham Park conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2BA
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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Source: Torbay

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