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2 Village Cottages Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0DB

79798Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 April 2025

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: T1 Cherry - crown reduction height to 7m & removal of Limb extending towards wires to prevent interference T2 Conifer - crown reduction height to 3m for hedge management T3 Laurel-crown reduction height to 1.5m for hedge management

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
LANDKEY
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Village Cottages Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0DB. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Tawton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across LANDKEY. We hold 453 applications in total for the EX32 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
EX32 0DB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BISHOPS TAWTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2025
Application expires
7 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
125 Bayview Road Northam Bideford Devon EX39 1BJ

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: Bishop's Tawton
  • 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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