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8 Higher Polsham Road Paignton TQ3 2SY

AT/2021/0363Works To Tree Within CAApproved

Approved on 17 November 2021

Council decision: Tree - Conservation area no objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Palm tree to be reduced in height 20%. The works on palm tree is two tops of the palm to be taken off giving reduction in height. The palm tree is very tall and leaning towards the house they just want the size reducing T2,T3 Both apple trees would have dead wood removed and lower limbs taken of ( small crown lift ) H1 bayleaf hedge to be trimmed back S1 stump from old unknown tree to be grounded out

Received
29 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clifton With Maidenway
Agent
Tomlinson Trees Ltd
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Higher Polsham Road Paignton TQ3 2SY. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Polsham Park conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Clifton With Maidenway. 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 2SY
Application type
Works To Tree Within CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tomlinson Trees Ltd
Agent address
40 Conway Road Roundham With Hyde Paignton TQ4 5LH

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10260429
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 (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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