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Reduce the height and spread of two mature sweet chestnut trees and remove shoots and a low limb.

2 Cecil Avenue Paignton TQ3 1LW

Official description

T1. Mature sweet chestnut on the SW boundary /individual TPO(1999.012): Current height: 13m, current spread: 10m Proposed works: Crown reduction to result in a height of 11m and a spread of 7m T2. Mature sweet chestnut on the NE boundary bank. It stands at the edge just within the area TPO(1979.003) and within the neighbour's property as follows: Mr S Congdon, Lydford House, Barcombe Heights,Preston, Paignton. Current height: 14m, current spread: 10m Proposed works: Crown reduction to result in a height of 12m and a spread of 8m. Spread to be reduced up to 2m only on the S.E., S. and S.W. aspects of the crown. Remove basal shoots including 1x limb of 15cm dbh that grows at the base of the trunk.

Council
Torbay
Reference
AT/2026/0200
Application type
Works To Tree Within Tpo
Status
Registered
Submitted
21 Sep 2026
Postcode
TQ3 1LW
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