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1 Pafford Avenue Torquay TQ2 8BS

AT/2024/0203Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 24 September 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1. Lime. Crown lift for a 5.2m above ground level to clear both the highway and private gardens. Crown reduce by approx. 2.5m from branch tips to suitable growth points as management works. Overall, the total loss of leaf bearing volume should not exceed 30% of canopy to comply with BS3998. Remove stem epicormic growth to crown break to prevent foliage forming at a low level over the pavement or garden annually

Received
31 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barton With Watcombe
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Pafford Avenue Torquay TQ2 8BS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Barton With Watcombe. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 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
TQ2 8BS
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hi-Line Contractors
Agent address
Hi-Line Contractors Brookfield Yard Old Tedburn Road Exeter EX42HF

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13295441
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2001.027Protected tree on or next to this 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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