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Cockington Way Rawlyn Road Torquay TQ2 6PL

AT/2025/0326Works To Tree Within CAApproved

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: No Objections RaisedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

1 - Leylandii Tree - Remove to stump Reasons: a) Obliterates Sun from 1200 to evening to the rear gardens of 22, 24 & 26 Vicarage Road, TQ2 6HX (to the north of the tree). b) Drops excessive pines onto garden building of 24 Vicarage Road and kills sedum roofing. c) The tree is unsightly and untamed. 2 - Removal of Nordmann Pine in the centre of the lawn. Reasons: a) The tree over dominates what is otherwise a pristine lawn. It is very large (10m tall 5m diameter) b) The tree was a decorative specimen for the garden when planted and is no longer required due to is excessive size.

Received
28 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cockington With Chelston
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cockington Way Rawlyn Road Torquay TQ2 6PL. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelston conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Cockington With Chelston. 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 6PL
Application type
Works To Tree Within CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14445686
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chelston
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.005Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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