North Farm North Lane Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JN

79180Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification of works to trees in a conservation area in respect of crown lift of 1x Eastern Red Cedar (C2) and lateral branch reduction of 1x Monterey Cypress (C1)

Received: 9 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council

ReceivedReceived9 Sep
ValidatedValidated9 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 Oct

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at North Farm North Lane Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JN. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bickington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at North Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: EX31 2JN
Application type: Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 September 2024
Application expires: 21 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: North Farm North Lane Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Bickington
Listed building: Grade II: North FarmhouseOn 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.

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Source: North Devon

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