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Rowcroft Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS

AT/2022/0198Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 8 November 2022

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TT0090 Holm Oak - Reduce in height by approximately 4m to suitable pollard points leaving the tree at a height of 7m from ground level. Reduce the canopy edge on the North and East side of the tree by approximately 3m to suitable pollard points. This will reduce the overhang over the property below and wind loading on the branch unions and cavity through the primary stem. This action will help retain and manage re growth on 7-year cyclical prune in the future. No cuts will be greater than 150mm in diameter. Remove epicormic growth on the primary stems up to a height. This work is recommended from the recent tree report DTS22.5302.1.QTRA. T0089 Holm Oak - Reduce in height by approximately 2m to suitable growth points, no cuts will be greater than 40mm in diameter. Reduce the canopy edge on the North, East and South side of the canopy by approximately 2m to suitable growth points. This action is to reduce the overhang over the properties below as the tree is heavily biased at these compass points. T0088 Lucombe Oak - Reduce in height by approximately 3m to suitable growth points. Reduce Canopy edges on the North, East and South side of the tree by approximately 2-3m no cuts will be greater than 50mm. This action is to reduce loading on branch unions overhanging the properties below the tree. Trees on Report T9 is TT0090 T10 is TT0089 T13 is TT0088

Received
4 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tormohun
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rowcroft Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. 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 5LS
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Devon Tree Services
Agent address
Devon Tree Services Little Acre Ipplepen Newton Abbot TQ12 5TR undefined

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11450909
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1974.016Part of the site · +4 more
  • 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.

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

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Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Jul

    T 030 - Multiple stemmed lapsed sycamore coppice. Growing on bank bordering road and in striking distance of…

    PendingWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2026/0191
  2. 2026
    16 Jun

    T008: 1x Mature Beech Large buttress roots formed around the base of the tree, situated as focal point for…

    PendingWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2026/0155
  3. 2026
    5 May

    Certificate of lawfulness for existing: Confirmation of lawful implementation of development approved under…

    ApprovedApplicationP/2026/0292
  4. 2026
    10 Feb

    T1: Mature Holm Oak: Crown reduce the height and lateral spread by approximately 3 - 3.5 metres, pruning…

    PendingWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2026/0055
  5. 2026
    22 Jan

    T1 - x1 Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) Proposed works: Re-pollard the tree to approximately 6 metres above ground…

    ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2026/0032
  6. 2025
    23 Oct

    T0061 - 1x Mature Beech Tree Sectionally dismantle the tree to leave a retained 4.0 metre monolith, utilising…

    ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2025/0315

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