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21 Washington Close Paignton TQ3 2QJ

AT/2023/0171Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 7 August 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear Garden Area of 21, Washington Close; T1 - x1 Holly Tree - Cut & clear lower epicormic growth & stems to enable the installation of a new boundary fence. Reduce in height by removing approximately x2.50 metres from branch tips & trim all round to shape. Works required to reduce excessive shading in garden area and improve the aesthetics of the tree, which is suppressed by an adjacent tree.

Received
6 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Preston
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 Washington Close Paignton TQ3 2QJ. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Preston. 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 2QJ
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12216732
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1979.003Covers the site
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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    1 Mar

    T1 - Oak - Remove crossing/rubbing branches.

    ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2012/0049

Source: Torbay

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