Planning application
AT/2021/0191
22 Cleveland Road Torquay TQ2 5BE
Proposal
Job description (Area 1 - A NPTC certified team when arriving on site create exclusion zone safe working area prior to commencing works. Team to cut back vegetation from footpaths as well as weed and spray. Shape hedges around areas marked on attached map including conifer hedge. All arising will be taken from site, site will be left tidy.) 1. Shape Conifer hedge. 2. Weed and spray footpaths. 3. Shape shrubs and hedges around site. 4. Cut back vegetation from footpath. 5. Removal of all green waste from site. Job description (Area 2 - Bottom of the garden team to cut overgrown vegetation area marked Blue on attached map. Cut overhanging Leylandii tree branches up to 5 meters marked in Blue.) 1. Strim overgrown vegetation. 2. Cut back Leylandii tree branches in boundary hedgerow. - Trees will be cut back by 1m
As published by the council, reference AT/2021/0191
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 May 2021
Received by Torbay
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28 May 2021
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Tree - Conservation area no objections
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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