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St Michaels Church Marwood Barnstaple Devon EX31 4EB

79398Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 November 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 (Memorial Area) to T1-Beech, Crown Lift West Quadrant (Over utility cable, graves & boundary wall) to T2&T3- Sycamore, Crown Lift South Quadrant (Over Parking Area) to T4 Oak, North Quadrant (Over Parking Area) to T5 Sweet Chestnut

Received
30 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MARWOOD
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Marwood Barnstaple Devon EX31 4EB. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Marwood, Guineaford and Kingsheanton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across MARWOOD. 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 4EB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
MARWOOD

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2024
Consultation expiry
20 November 2024
Consultation end
20 November 2024
Application expires
11 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Cambridge Grove Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9JZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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: Marwood, Guineaford and Kingsheanton
  • 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 (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: North Devon

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