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High View Lincombe Drive Torquay TQ1 2HH

Withdrawn Torbay AT/2023/0003 Works To Tree Within TPO

Works: Trees

Withdrawn before a decision, so it carries no planning weight. A revised scheme can be submitted at any time.

Proposal

Eighteen hornbeam and field maples. Height reduction of up to 5 meters back to old pruning wounds to re-shape back into the previously maintained hedge. Improving light into the garden for both connected properties and maintaining the amenity value of the trees. All work is to be carried out to BS3998. Permission to prune on a two-yearly basis is also requested. The area comes under TPO Ref 1972.010.

As published by the council, reference AT/2023/0003

Application record

Reference
AT/2023/0003
Type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Status
Decided
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Received
4 Jan 2023
Validated
9 Jan 2023
Decided
15 Feb 2023
Ward
Wellswood
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TQ1 2HH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Jan 2023

    Received by Torbay

  2. 9 Jan 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 15 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Application Withdrawn

  4. 2 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What withdrawal means

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The applicant withdrew this application before the council decided it, so it carries no planning weight and no fee refund is automatic. Withdrawal often follows officer feedback that a refusal was likely.

The applicant is free to submit a revised application at any time, and many withdrawn schemes return in amended form, so the site is worth watching if the proposal affected you.

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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