Saxon Heights New Road Brixham TQ5 8NH
Refused on 12 September 2025
Council decision: Refused With AlternativeDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T4 - (T4) Holm Oak situated near the driveway - To be reduced in height to approximately 10M and shaped accordingly. G3 - Driveway - Prune all growth (vertically) back to the wall for approximately 35M (South Side)
- Received
- 2 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Furzeham With Summercombe
- Agent
- RSK Hi-Line Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Sep
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Saxon Heights New Road Brixham TQ5 8NH. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Brixham Town conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 8NH
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RSK Hi-Line Ltd
- Agent address
- Brookfield Yard Tedburn Road Exeter Devon EX4 2HD United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14144556
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Brixham Town
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1976.019Part of the site · +1 more
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202414 Oct
G1 Horse Chestnut pair - crown lift to provide 5.2m clearance from road. T2 Yew - crown lift to provide 5.2m…
RefusedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2024/0279 - 20228 Nov
T1 Lawson Cypress to be felled. Historically the root plate has lifted,multiple stems lean north with crown…
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2022/0298 - 202129 Jan
T1 Elm to be felled, its dying back from the tips possibly Dutch Elms disease T2 Elm to be felled, its dying…
ApprovedWorks To Tree Within TPOAT/2021/0044
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