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Bickwell Lodge Bickwell Valley Sidmouth Devon EX10 8RF

26/1321/TREFelling/Lopping (TPO)Approved

Approved on 8 September 2026

Council decision: Approval with conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Western red cedar. Crown reduction of approximately 20% of foliar area. Cut sizes not to exceed 150mm. See annotated photograph. T2 - Silver birch. Reduce crown by approximately 30% of foliar area. Cut sizes not exceeding 50mm. See annotated photograph. T3 - Lawson cypress. Crown thin by approximately 15%. Crown lift to provide appropriate clearance over the adjacent highway - Crown lift to approximately 4m, MDC 50mm.

Received
7 July 2026
Ward
Sidmouth Town
Agent
A-z tree services
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bickwell Lodge Bickwell Valley Sidmouth Devon EX10 8RF. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than East Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Sidmouth Bickwell Valley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Sidmouth Town. We hold 865 applications in total for the EX10 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
EX10 8RF
Application type
Felling/Lopping (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sidmouth

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Consultation expiry
15 July 2026
Last date for comments
7 August 2026
Target decision date
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A-z tree services
Agent address
Mr Zack Zimbler 9 Lilac Haven Honiton Devon EX14 1DT

Publicity

Last advertised
15 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14984750
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Sidmouth Bickwell Valley

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, 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 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

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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