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18 Penn Meadows Close Brixham TQ5 9PS

AT/2024/0086Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 7 May 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear Garden Area of 18 Penn Meadows; T002 - x1 Mature Sycamore - Crown lift secondary & sub lateral branch growth on garden side of tree only, to provide a clearance of 6.0 metres between ground level and foliage tips, to achieve the desired vertical clearance above the garden area. Remaining wounds shall not exceed 50 mm in diameter. T003 - x1 Mature Lime Tree - Crown lift secondary & sub lateral branch growth on garden side of tree only, to provide a clearance of 6.0 metres between ground level and foliage tips, to achieve the desired vertical clearance above the garden area. Remaining wounds shall not exceed 50 mm in diameter. Remove all cut material from site & return to a Devon Tree Services depot for recycling, leaving the area safe, clean & tidy. Justification: Minor remedial works only. Pruning will not affect the visual or amenity value of either trees. To reduce excessive shading over the garden area. To improve light levels into the garden area,

Received
25 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters With St Marys
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Penn Meadows Close Brixham TQ5 9PS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across St Peters With St Marys. 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 9PS
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2024

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-12924332
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2002.004Part of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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