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Tower House Lodge Mabel Place Paignton TQ4 5UB

AT/2026/0080Works To Tree-Dead And DangerousApproved

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: No Objections RaisedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

5 Day Notice - Silver Birch - Removal of dangerous branch overhanging the entrance to neighbour's property and public road. See Photos.

Received
11 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Roundham With Hyde
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tower House Lodge Mabel Place Paignton TQ4 5UB. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 7 weeks quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Paignton conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Roundham With Hyde. We hold 416 applications in total for the TQ4 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
TQ4 5UB
Application type
Works To Tree-Dead And Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Paignton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tower House SchoolOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2003.041Protected tree on or next to this site
  • 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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