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Stonewater House Polhearne Lane Brixham TQ5 9LE

AT/2023/0175Works To Tree-Dead And DangerousApproved

Approved on 24 July 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(T1) Willow. Tree comes under the dead dying and dangerous classification therefore has to be removed otherwise it is highly likely to cause damage to property.

Received
8 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Furzeham With Summercombe
Agent
NJC Tree Services
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stonewater House Polhearne Lane Brixham TQ5 9LE. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Higher Brixham conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Furzeham With Summercombe. We hold 769 applications in total for the TQ5 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
TQ5 9LE
Application type
Works To Tree-Dead And Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
NJC Tree Services
Agent address
45 St Maurice Road Plymouth PL7 1NT United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12222443
Comments
0
Documents
10

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
  • Conservation area: Higher Brixham
  • Listed building: The Goat HouseOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2013.011Protected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Torbay

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