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Eric Catford House Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA

AT/2021/0424Works To Tree Within TPORefused

Refused on 30 December 2021

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Public footpath that runs along the eastern boundary of the main Torbay Hospital at the junction of the main path and an access path into the Hospital site T1 - x1 Mature Hybrid Black Poplar Dismantle, fell to leave a finished height of approx 1m from ground level. All works carried out to BS 3998:2010 Tree Works Recommendations Remove all cut material from site from site and take back to Teign Trees depot for recycling Reasons for proposed tree removal; Please see attached tree condition survey report. 6.2 The poplar has now reached a size where routine management is not practicable and the tree poses a risk to users of the public footpath therefore removal now is the sensible option. the land owner would like to plant x2 heavy standard trees in the woodland area in replacement.

Received
6 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Eric Catford House Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 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
TQ2 7AA
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Teign Trees
Agent address
CLEARWATER BISHOPSTEIGNTON ROAD TEIGNMOUTH TQ149PH United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10369558
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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