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Flat 4 4 St Margarets Road Torquay TQ1 4NW

AT/2026/0268Awaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Ash tree requires pollarding, reducing down to a maximum height of 5 metres. Work on this tree has been carried out before. The last time it was pollarded was in 2023. Turkish Oak tree requires removal of branches. Crown reduce the overall height by approximately 3.5 metres.Reduce the remaining lateral crown spread by approximately 2.5 metres to clear side elevation of building, maintaining a balance and natural crown profile. Work on this tree was done previously in 2021. Removal of elder tree which has got old and has some dead branches.

Received
24 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Flat 4 4 St Margarets Road Torquay TQ1 4NW. Torbay has handled 4,663 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Marychurch conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the TQ1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TQ1 4NW

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Marychurch
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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