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St Johns Church Tipton St John

25/2091/TREFelling/Lopping (TPO)Decided

Decided on 1 December 2025

Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Oak: reduction of lower southern aspect branches by 4-5m and a reduction of lower eastern branches by 2-3m. At a height of up to 12m, on the eastern aspect, prune back by 2-3m leaving clearane from the church roof line.

Received
23 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ottery St Mary
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Johns Church Tipton St John. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ottery St Mary.

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
Felling/Lopping (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ottery St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Last date for comments
21 November 2025

Publicity

Last advertised
29 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14383017
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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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