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Beech Hill Middle Warberry Road Torquay TQ1 1RS

AT/2023/0319Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 13 November 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1. Sweet Chestnut - Remove deadwood leaving a monolith to regenerate from epicormic growth already present on stem. T2. Beech - Dismantle and fell to near ground level. The tree appears to be 75% deceased, with only 25% of the crown appearing to have moderate vitality. T3. Sweet Chestnut - Remove deadwood greater than 50mm in diameter. (Exempt)

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wellswood
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Beech Hill Middle Warberry Road Torquay TQ1 1RS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Warberries conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Wellswood. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 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
TQ1 1RS
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 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-12512405
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Warberries
  • Listed building: Grade II: Gate Piers and Gate to BramhopeOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.012Covers the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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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