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106 Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LQ

AT/2025/0344Works To Tree Within CAApproved

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: No Objections RaisedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Multi-stem Bay Laurel Reduce crown vertically by 5.5m. to 5m. height, reduce sides (horizontally) by 2m. to 1.5m. spread. Reason: to control growth in a confined space and encroachment into garden of No. 108, Avenue Road. Note: This tree had formally been contained by pruning, but has grown out substantially due to a cessation of maintenance pruning.

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tormohun
Agent
Knapman Partnership
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 106 Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LQ. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Torre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. 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 5LQ
Application type
Works To Tree Within CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Knapman Partnership
Agent address
3 The Steadings Naemoor Farm Rumbling Bridge Kinross KY13 0QB United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14496734

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Torre
  • Brownfield land register: Bancourt Hotel, Avenue Road, TorquayRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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