The Fort Lydwell Park Road Torquay TQ1 3TQ
Refused on 28 January 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Lime Tree - To pollard lime tree that sits within a protected area. Attached is an image and tree work specification. Fears branches could drop and land on someone.
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Wellswood
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Fort Lydwell Park Road Torquay TQ1 3TQ. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Warberries conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3TQ
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2025
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: WarberriesPart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.013Part 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Torbay
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