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St Andrews Church Chardstock

23/2689/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 February 2024

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

Proposal

T3, Cedar of Lebanon: install 2x3 way wire rope cable braces at approx. 8 and 12m above ground. Brace to be installed on belts or via invasive bolts. Reduce lateral spread of canopy to south, west and north by 2-3m by a combination of thinning and reduction. Works to specifically target longest branches to reduce risk of branch failure. T1, Western Red Cedar: Crown raise lower foliage over graveyard in order to give approx. 1.5-2 metres clearance over headstones.

Received
13 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Yarty
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Andrews Church Chardstock. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than East Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Chardstock conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Yarty.

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
Chardstock

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2023
Consultation expiry
20 December 2023
Last date for comments
12 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parochial Church Council of Chardstock
Agent address
5 St. Andrews Field Chardstock EX13 7DQ

Publicity

Last advertised
20 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12675883
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: Chardstock
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old VicarageOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (18)

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, 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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