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1 Rock Cottages Church Road Whimple EX5 2SU

24/2322/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 December 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1, Pear: crown reduction to approximately 7m remaining height. T2, Pear: crown reduction to approximately 7m remaining height. T3, Silver Birch: crown Lift to approximately 3m.

Received
4 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Whimple And Rockbeare
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Rock Cottages Church Road Whimple EX5 2SU. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than East Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Whimple conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Whimple And Rockbeare. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the EX5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EX5 2SU
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whimple

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2024
Consultation expiry
13 November 2024
Last date for comments
6 December 2024

Publicity

Last advertised
13 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13534524
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whimple
  • Listed building: Grade II: Rose CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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, 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

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© 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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