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18 Horsepool Street Brixham TQ5 9LD

AT/2023/0273Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 31 October 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The work was carried out after permission granted re Application Number AT/2014/0279/TB but the Trees have now grown again and need the same work again. Permission is requested for a further crown lift to 5m and removal of dead branches.

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Furzeham With Summercombe
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Horsepool Street Brixham TQ5 9LD. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Higher Brixham conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 9LD
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
Oliver Bennett

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12425560
Documents
9

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: Grade II: The Goat HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2013.011Protected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Source: Torbay

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