Hanover House Middle Lincombe Road Torquay TQ1 2NY
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T001a - Yew - Reduce to approximately 4m - Create a hedge to be managed by the gardeners. T003 - Sycamore - Crown raise east aspect for 3m clearance over garden. Remove dead secondary branch T005 - Sycamore- Crownlift secondary limbs to 4.5m - To allow light spill into the garden T010 - Holm Oaks Crownlift to 5.2m over carpark
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Wellswood
- Agent
- RSK Hi-Line Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Hanover House Middle Lincombe Road Torquay TQ1 2NY. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Lincombes conservation area, with 7 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 2NY
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RSK Hi-Line Ltd
- Agent address
- Brookfield Yard Tedburn Road Exeter EX4 2HD United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14599872
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lincombes
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.006Part of the site · +1 more
- 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.
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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