Planning application
Land At Torbay Hospital Shiphay Park Road Torquay
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Installation of wooden 10M light pole.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0759
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0759
- Type
- Telecommunications - Outside Cons. Area
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- No conditions proposed
- Received
- 26 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 26 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 17 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Shiphay
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Nov 2025
Received by Torbay
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17 Dec 2025
Decision issued: No conditions proposed
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
The process from here
The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.
If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.
About telecoms applications
How this application type works
Telecommunications applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, most of which come forward as prior approval cases under permitted development rules. The council typically has 56 days to consider siting and appearance only. The need for the network itself is treated as established, so objections carry most weight where they address visual impact or siting.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA
T046 - Fagus sylvatica (Common Beech), 25m monolith to 6m W3W things.landscape.finest T1016 - Acer platanoides (Norway Maple), 19m Monolith to 5m to retain stem for habitat. W3W pimples.gathering.short T1019 - Acer platanoides (Norway Maple), 21m Fell tree due to decay, location near footpath/carpark, and Kretzschmaria infection. W3W feuds.promotes.toolkit T1021 - Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore), 22m Fell tree. W3W cyclones.losing.hurt T1027 - Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore), 20m Monolith to 4m. W3W songbook.bespoke.partly T1028 - Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut), 20m Monolith to 4m. Use coronet cuts/fracture pruning for habitat retention. W3W culling.lipstick.flagged All pruning cuts to be made at suitable growth points. All works carried out to BS 3998:2010 ? Tree Work Recommendations. Any high-risk or habitat-value features will be retained or modified accordingly (e.g., monoliths, coronet cuts). All arisings to be removed from site and returned to depot for recycling.
Granted Trees -
Land At Torbay Hospital Shiphay Park Road Torquay
Installation of wooden 10M light pole.
Decided Telecoms -
Land At Torbay Hospital Shiphay Park Road Torquay
Installation of wooden 9M light pole.
Decided Telecoms -
Bryant Hall Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA
T046 - Fagus sylvatica (Common Beech), 25m monolith to 6m T1016 - Acer platanoides (Norway Maple), 19m Monolith to 5m to retain stem for habitat. T1019 - Acer platanoides (Norway Maple), 21m Fell tree due to decay, location near footpath/carpark, and Kretzschmaria infection. T1021 - Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore), 22m Fell tree. T1027 - Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore), 20m Monolith to 4m. T1028 - Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut), 20m Monolith to 4m. Use coronet cuts/fracture pruning for habitat retention. All pruning cuts to be made at suitable growth points. All works carried out to BS 3998:2010 - Tree Work Recommendations. Any high-risk or habitat-value features will be retained or modified accordingly (e.g., monoliths, coronet cuts). All arisings to be removed from site and returned to depot for recycling.
Withdrawn Trees -
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Torbay Hospital Newton Road Torquay TQ2 7AA
ATI001 - Populus serotina (Hybrid Black Poplar) - Fell to ground level. This tree has been highlighted in a recent survey in a Tree Safety Inspection Report commissioned by Torbay Hospital and was conducted in November 2022. The tree was inspected from ground level and an aerial inspection to assess defects in the main stem. As a result of the inspection the tree was highlighted to be removed on safety grounds. It is an over mature poplar, rooted on the edge of Lowes Bridge footpath (on the edge of a water course). It has a heavy lean towards the railway line, and if were to fail would certainly land on the tracks. Early 2022, a secondary limb failure occurred with the large section falling onto the footpath below. There is an extensive cavity at approximately 9m on the main stem which extends at least 1m, downwards. There's evidence that the rootplate has heaved slightly, with disturbed, loose soil on the tension side of the tree. It has now grown beyond the existing canopy line of the surrounding trees, which is now introducing an increased wind load (prevailing westerly). It was originally highlighted in previous surveys to be removed, but I believe the applications were declined. The hospital are more than happy to re-plant.
Granted Trees 5 docs
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Installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus, including 1 x 9m light wooden pole.
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P/2026/0541 Awaiting decision
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Installation of 12m light wooded pole.
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P/2026/0540 Awaiting decision
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Installation of 12m light wooded pole.