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Trecarn Hotel Palermo Road Torquay TQ1 3NW

AT/2026/0071Works To Tree-Dead And DangerousApproved

Approved on 4 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

5 Day Notice - T1 (Pittosporum) - Has suffered structural failure with part of the crown having already fallen and now presents an immediate and unacceptable risk to site users and the adjacent public realm. A basic location plan and supporting photographs are attached. The proposed works are restricted to the removal of the failed and hazardous material only

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Marychurch
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Trecarn Hotel Palermo Road Torquay TQ1 3NW. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 8 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across St Marychurch. 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 3NW
Application type
Works To Tree-Dead And Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
168 New Road Brixham TQ5 8DA

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cary ParkPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1979.002Part 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 Mar

    Justification for Felling T2 and T3 Pittosporum 1. Species Unsuitability for the Location Both T2 and T3 are…

    PendingWorks To Tree Within TPOFiled alongsideAT/2026/0072
  2. 2026
    3 Mar

    5 Day Notice - T1 (Pittosporum) - Has suffered structural failure with part of the crown having already…

    This applicationApprovedTreesAT/2026/0071

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