Within Highway Verge Forming Boundary To Brixham Road To SW Of 3 Steed Close

AT/2026/0037Works To Tree Within TPOApproved

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T17. Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) - crown reduction to north-west to east-north-east crown extent to abate nuisance of encroachment above third-party property. Final pruning points will maintain a natural flowing canopy outline with sufficient small diameter branches to support dense regrowth in the year following pruning. Pruning wound size shall not exceed 40mm in diameter. Please refer to photos Fig 1 & 2 which show the intended results of pruning.

Received: 23 January 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Torbay Council
Ward: Churston With Galmpton

ReceivedReceived23 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Mar

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Within Highway Verge Forming Boundary To Brixham Road To SW Of 3 Steed Close. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Churston With Galmpton.

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

Application type: Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Committee meeting: 2 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14648296
Comments: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1973.002Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Torbay

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