Belton Lodge Higher Lincombe Road Torquay TQ1 2EY
Withdrawn on 17 February 2026
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Leylandii x Cupressocyparis leylandii T1 is growing within close proximity of the boundary wall. also overhanging a swimming pool and driveway of Belton house, also overhanging higher Lincombe road slightly. the growing habits of a leylandii is very fast growing with a shallow root system, leylandii are also known to shed overweighed limbs. when growing in a built up area leylandii require maintenance. I would like to reduce t1 by 50% and shown on pictures. this would be making pruning cuts of up to 25cm on vertical growth. this will remove risk of the tree failing and mean it can be kept for privacy and keep the aesthetics it provides the roadside. T2 Eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus t2 is growing over the pool of Belton house. this tree is in good heath and the overall size of the tree seems to be fine for its surroundings. there is one very heavily weighted limb as marked in pic 2. this limb has grown towards the light and become heavily weighted. I would like to remove 1 primary limb entirely in order to remove the risk of failing above the swimming pool.
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torbay Council
- Ward
- Wellswood
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Belton Lodge Higher Lincombe Road Torquay TQ1 2EY. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 36 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Lincombes conservation area, with 2 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 2EY
- Application type
- Works To Tree Within TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ctc
- Agent address
- Coombeshead Farm Coombeshead Cross Chudleigh Devon TQ13 0NQ United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14616806
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lincombes
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1967.002Covers 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.
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© 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.
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