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THE ORATORY Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6RP

26/0048Works to Trees in conservation areaApproved

Approved

Council decision: Tree Grant

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Ash - Dismantle down to hedge height, due to limb failing back in April. T2 Ash - To pollard down to point marked in photograph. Owners would like it down to a safe height and see if it would recover.

Received (week of)
8 June 2026
Council
Dartmoor
Ward
West Devon
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at THE ORATORY Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6RP. Dartmoor has handled 29 applications of this type. The site is in the Princetown conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 162 applications across West Devon. We hold 468 applications in total for the PL20 postcode area.

100% of works to trees in conservation area applications at Dartmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
PL20 6RP
Application type
Works to Trees in conservation area
Parish
Dartmoor Forest

Planning decision

Decision
Tree Grant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Princetown
  • National park: Dartmoor
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 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: Dartmoor

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