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470 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 1HN

AT/2025/0184Works To Tree Within CAApproved

Approved on 4 August 2025

Council decision: No Objections RaisedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Apple tree (T1) - Remove - the tree is growing close to the boundary wall and there are complaints that it is significantly overhanging into the car park of the neighbouring flats.

Received
20 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wellswood
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 470 Babbacombe Road Torquay TQ1 1HN. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Lincombes 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 1HN
Application type
Works To Tree Within CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Tree Man
Agent address
5 St Mark's Drive St Marks Road Torquay TQ1 2EJ United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14106009
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lincombes
  • Listed building: Grade II: 472 and 474, Babbacombe RoadOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.009Part of 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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