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St Nicholas Church Dunkeswell

23/1568/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 August 2023

Council decision: Approval - standard time limitDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1: Red Oak - prune branches to the West side. Cuts distal to previous cuts / points. 2m reduction clearance on the church side. T2: Cherry - crown reduce by 1-2m height and spread. Remove deadwood throughout. T3: Yew - reduce radial spread over the boundary by 1.5m length.

Received
18 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Dunkeswell And Otterhead
Agent
Arboricare Limited
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Nicholas Church Dunkeswell. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than East Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Dunkeswell conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Dunkeswell And Otterhead.

90% of trees applications at East Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunkeswell

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2023
Consultation expiry
26 July 2023
Last date for comments
18 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arboricare Limited
Agent address
Mr Colin Inder New Rendy Farm Oake Road Oake Taunton TA4 1BB

Publicity

Last advertised
26 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12318615
Documents
4

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: Dunkeswell
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church CottageOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 parks, 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: East Devon

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